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BATS Exchange Earns Record Matched Market Share In February - Passes NYSE Floor In Dollar Value Traded - Also Records New One-Day Matched Market Share Record

Date 02/03/2009

BATS Exchange earned 11.39% of U.S. matched market share in February, setting a new record high and reaffirming its position as the third largest cash equity market behind NYSE and Nasdaq.

BATS also recorded a new one-day record matched market share of 12.14% on February 25.

In rankings among top global equity markets, BATS again maintains a strong third place after NYSE and NASDAQ and ahead of exchanges based in Tokyo, Germany, and London in terms of notional value traded. BATS executed $612.2 billion in total matched transactions during the month of February — $45.8 billion more than the NYSE floor processed over the same time frame.

BATS Exchange recorded average matched volume in all U.S. securities of 1.247 billion shares per day, compared to 686 million shares in February 2008. For the third straight month, the exchange set a new internal match record with a rate of 92.19%.

February vital market share statistics for BATS include:
  • BATS average total handled volume of 1,389,208,094 shares daily
  • BATS average matched volume of 1,246,687,014 shares daily
  • BATS average internal match rate of 92.19% (new record)
  • BATS matched market share for Tape A securities of 9.63% (2nd highest in firm history)
  • BATS matched market share for Tape B securities of 15.74% (new record)
  • BATS matched market share for Tape C securities of 11.70% (new record)
  • BATS matched market share for all securities of 11.39% (new record)
  • BATS matched market share in notional value, or dollar value traded, of 13.41% (new record)
  • BATS total notional value traded of $612,232,701,953 (excludes odd lots)

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