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Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, was added to the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index effective for the open of Monday June 20.
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, a joint venture between FTSE Russell and Mondo Visione, was established in 2000.
It is the first Index in the world to focus on listed exchanges and other trading venues. The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index compares performance of individual exchanges and trading platforms and provides a reliable barometer of the health and performance of the exchange sector.
It enables investors to track 2* publicly listed exchanges and trading floors and focuses attention of the market on this important sector.
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index includes all publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors meeting the criteria for index inclusion.
Bats is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operates the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and is the largest market globally for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading. The company also operates two U.S. options exchanges and a global foreign exchange market and is the owner of ETF.com. Additional information on the company is available at www.bats.com.
More information about the FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index can be found at http://www.mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/mv-index/
