Intercontinental exchange reports ice and nyse may volume
Atlanta--(business wire)--intercontinental exchange, inc. (nyse: ice), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported exchange traded volumes for may 2014. ice’s may average daily volume (adv) was 5.4 million contracts, a decrease of 15% compared to may 2013. commodity futures and options adv decreased 23% in may due primarily to continued low price volatility across most energy products. financial futures and options adv decreased 9% in may due primarily to the low interest rate environment in europe. this was partially offset by a 23% increase in equity derivatives adv year to year, including a 32% increase in liffe single stock futures. nyse cash equities adv decreased 13% and euronext cash equities adv was flat compared to the prior may. nyse equity options volume decreased 23% year to year. ice futures & options adv (contracts in 000s) may ’13 note: figures may not foot due to rounding. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) “other ags & metals” includes cocoa ($), cocoa (£),coffee “c”, robusta coffee, cotton no. 2, orange juice, corn, wheat-feed, soybeans, barley, canola, mini gold and mini silver contracts. (7) (8) (9) “total equity derivatives” includes ftse 100, ftse 100 dividend, price return and net total return versions of msci eafe, msci emerging markets, msci europe, and msci world, russell 2000®, russell 1000® and uk single stock equities which includes equities domiciled in 25 countries that trade in the uk. (10) financial and reporting update power futures and options adv, energy rpc and energy open interest are now reported using the new contract conversion methodology beginning in may and including comparison periods. historical monthly comparisons from january 2013 can be found in the combined historical monthly volume document on the ice website: supplemental volume info. ice futures & options rolling three-month average rate per contract (rpc) rpc is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix. ice futures & options open interest (contracts in 000s) ice futures & options volume (contracts in 000s) u.s. equity options (contracts in 000s) (1) “nyse equity options” includes nyse amex options and nyse arca options trading in u.s. equity options contracts. u.s. equity options rolling three-month average rate per contract (rpc) u.s. cash products (shares in millions) u.s. cash rolling three-month revenue capture (per 100 shares) euronext cash products and derivatives (in 000s) credit default swaps (cds) transaction and clearing through may 30, ice has cleared $53 trillion in gross notional value of cds on a cumulative basis across 1.8 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. buy-side clearing of cds totaled $6.6 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ice clear credit in december of 2009. ice lists over 450 cds instruments for clearing. a complete summary of cds clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml may 2014 review extending ice’s european energy portfolio, ice endex will launch new german power futures and options contracts in june. thomas w. farley, nyse’s current coo, was named president of the nyse, succeeding duncan niederauer. ice endex was appointed the market operator for the dutch natural gas balancing market effective june 3. ice held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders on may 16. all 14 director nominees received a majority of votes cast and all of the ice proposals were approved. ice introduced 64 new energy contracts in may and announced the launch of an additional 19 environmental and energy contracts on june 9 and 10. liffe will introduce german, swiss, italian and spanish government bond futures on june 16. ice declared a quarterly $0.65 per share dividend payable on june 30, 2014 to shareholders of record as of june 16, 2014. a daily volume record was established in may for long gilt futures which traded 905,515 contracts on may 27, surpassing the prior daily volume record of 815,251 contracts on november 27, 2012. open interest records were established in low sulphur gasoil futures, futures on the dtcc gcf repo indices and uk natural gas, newcastle coal and rotterdam coal options contracts. trading days in may 2014: interest rates, uk single stock: 22 commodities, other financials: 21 us cash equities, us equity options: 21 euronext cash equities, euronext derivatives: 21 ice finalized the acquisition of nyse euronext on november 13, 2013. for comparison purposes nyse euronext volumes are included for all periods covered. about intercontinental exchange, inc intercontinental exchange (nyse: ice) is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ice delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the new york stock exchange, ice futures, liffe and euronext. trademarks of ice and/or its affiliates include intercontinental exchange, ice, ice block design, nyse euronext, nyse, new york stock exchange, liffe and euronext. information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of intercontinentalexchange group, inc. and/or its affiliates is located at https://www.theice.com/terms.jhtml and http://www.nyx.com/terms-use. safe harbor statement under the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 - statements in this press release regarding ice’s business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. for a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ice's securities and exchange commission (sec) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ice's annual report on form 10-k for the year ended december 31, 2013, as filed with the sec on february 14, 2014. ice-corp
