BATS 1000 Index Drops 1.9% This Week

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) fell 343.34 points, or 1.9%, this week to close at 17,583.24 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today.

Nine of the ten sectors that comprise the index were lower for the week with the Alternative Resources and Energy sector suffering the steepest decline of 4%, followed by losses of 3.9% for Industrials and Manufacturing. Utilities was the only sector to record gains of 0.5%.

Below is an overview of the BATS 1000 Index and sub-indices for the week:

Ticker	Index Name	Performance
BATSK	BATS 1000 Index	-1.9%
BATAR	BATS Alternative Resources and Energy Sector Index	-4.0%
BATBM	BATS Basic Materials Sector Index	-2.8%
BATBS	BATS Business Services Sector Index	-2.0%
BATCG	BATS Consumer Goods Sector Index	-0.0%
BATCS	BATS Consumer Services Sector Index	-1.8%
BATFN	BATS Financials Sector Index	-2.1%
BATHP	BATS Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Sector Index	-0.1%
BATIM	BATS Industrials and Manufacturing Sector Index	-3.9%
BATTC	BATS Technology and Communications Sector Index	-3.4%
BATUT	BATS Utilities Sector Index	+0.5%

The BATS 1000 Index offers a listings-neutral, broad snapshot of the U.S. equities marketplace by tracking the performance of 1,000 securities classified in 10 important industry sectors. The 10 index sectors are adjusted to an equal weighting based on the current value of the index every June during an annual reconstitution process.

The BATS 1000 Index data is available via the ConsolidatedTape System (CTS), the operating authority for exchangelisted securities information, enabling distribution of the data to the public via the Internet and other electronic media. BATS 1000 Index data can also be found via Yahoo! Finance (^BATSK), Reuters.com (.BATSK), Bloomberg.com (BATSK:IND), and StockCharts ($BATSK), among others.

or more BATS 1000 information, visit: http://www.batstrading.com/market_data/indices/bats_1000/.