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BATS Global Markets Off To Solid Start In 2011 - BATS Europe And BATS Options Continue Growth - BATS BYX Exchange Posts Solid Gains As Overall U.S. Equities Market Share Reaches 10.4

Date 01/02/2011

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported volume numbers for the month of January, including the following:

 

  • BATS Europe reported record overall average daily turnover of €2.73 billion, up 73.0% on the same month last year. The BATS Europe Dark Pool earned record average daily turnover of €135.6 million, up 159.0% on the same month last year.

 

-    BATS Europe recorded new consolidated monthly market share records in London’s FTSE 100 (12.0%), the Swiss SMI (10.1%), Amsterdam’s AEX (7.2%), Frankfurt’s MDAX (5.9%), Brussels’ BEL20 (5.9%), Paris’ CACNext20 (5.3%) and the STOXX Europe 50 (7.9%), as well as 6.8% in Europe overall. The Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) also earned six one-day market share records during January, including 14.6% in the FTSE 100 on Jan. 20.

 

  • The BATS U.S. equities exchanges, BATS BZX Exchange and BATS BYX Exchange, combined for average daily matched volume of 845.5 million shares, representing 10.4% of all U.S. cash equity share volume for the month of January. In January 2010, BATS had 10.3% of the U.S. equities market.

 

-         BATS BZX Exchange, formerly known as BATS Exchange, recorded average daily U.S. matched volume of 717.1 million shares, representing 8.8% of all U.S. cash equity share volume for the month.

 

-         BATS BYX Exchange, the company’s second U.S. equities exchange, recorded average daily U.S. matched volume of 128.4 million shares, representing 1.6% of all U.S. cash equity share volume for the month. This represents an increase from 1.3% in December for BYX, which launched in October 2010.

 

  • BATS Options recorded 4,546,549 matched U.S. contracts in January, representing 1.3% overall matched market share, including a one-day matched volume record of 396,397 contracts on Jan. 28. Touched market share for the month, the standard industry measurement, was 1.5%. The matched figure nearly doubled December’s 0.7%.

 

-         In January, BATS Options rolled out new pricing and an innovative NBBO Setter Rebate program, which provides a rebate of $.50 per contract to all members that set the NBBO and get an execution and trade an average of 20,000 contracts per day on the BATS Options platform.

 

  • The BATS 1000 Index (BATSK) increased 2.0% in January ending the month at 14,529.78. The 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.

 

A breakdown of January volume and market share for each market center is outlined below:

 

U.S. Equities*:

January

 

2011

2010**

The BATS Exchanges (BZX & BYX combined)

(In millions, except percentages)

Average daily matched volume

845.5

933.5

      Total notional value traded for the month

$533,610.6

$505,851.0

   Market share percentage (for the period):

 

 

Tape A

8.5%

7.9%

Tape B

15.2%

16.6%

Tape C

11.9%

11.4%

Overall matched market share

10.4%

10.3%

 

 

Volume By Exchange:

 

 

BZX Exchange:

 

     Average daily matched volume

717.1

933.5

     Total notional value traded for the month

$475,009.7

$505,851.0

  Market share percentage (for the period):

 

 

Tape A

6.8%

7.9%

Tape B

14.0%

16.6%

Tape C

10.3%

11.4%

Overall matched market share

8.8%

10.3%

 

 

 

BYX Exchange:

 

 

     Average daily matched volume

128.4

N/A

     Total notional value traded for the month

$58,600.8

N/A

  Market share percentage (for the period):

 

 

Tape A

1.7%

N/A

Tape B

1.2%

N/A

Tape C

1.6%

N/A

Overall matched market share

1.6%

N/A

 

 

 

*Volume and notional figures exclude odd-lots

**2010 figures reflect BZX volume only, as BYX was launched in October 2010.

 

 

BATS Options:

 

January

 

2011

2010

 

Contracts

Market share

Internal Match Rate

Contracts

Market share

Internal Match Rate

Average daily matched volume

227,327

1.3%

78.1%

N/A

N/A

N/A

Average daily touched volume

290,886

1.5%

 

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

BATS Europe***:

 

January

 

2011

2010

 

(In millions, except percentage)

Average daily notional value traded

€ 2,732.91

€ 1,575.3

Total notional value for the month

€ 58,650.61

€ 31,506.6

Average daily notional value for BATS Europe Dark Pool

€ 135.61

€ 52.5

 

 

Pan-European market share percentage (for the period):

 

 

    Overall European market share

         6.8%1

4.6%

STOXX 50 securities

7.9%1

5.1%

 

 

 

    London market overall

10.3%

8.0%

FTSE 100 securities

12.0%1

8.4%

FTSE 250 securities

6.2%

5.9%

 

 

 

   Paris market overall

5.0%

3.5%

CAC 40 securities

5.5%2

4.0%

CAC Next20 securities

5.3%1

2.5%

 

 

 

   Frankfurt market overall

6.2%

4.2%

DAX 30 securities

6.5%2

4.7%

MDAX securities

5.9%1

2.5%

 

 

 

    Amsterdam market overall

7.1%

4.2%

AEX securities

7.2%1

4.2%

 

 

 

    Brussels market overall

6.4%

2.9%

BEL 20 securities

5.9%1

3.1%

 

 

 

    Milan market overall

6.3%

6.7%

FTSE MIB securities

6.6%

6.8%

 

 

 

    Zurich market overall

9.4%

3.4%

SMI securities

10.1%1

3.6%

 

 

 

    Helsinki market overall

8.4%

2.5%

OMXH25 securities

8.5%3

2.6%

 

 

 

   Stockholm market overall

6.0%

3.4%

OMXS30 securities

6.3%2

3.6%

 

 

 

    Copenhagen market overall

6.9%

1.4%

OMXC20 securities

7.0%2

1.4%

 

 

 

  Additional markets:

 

 

    Oslo market overall

3.3%

0.6%

    Lisbon market overall

3.4%

0.3%

    Vienna market overall

1.0%

0.0%

    Madrid market overall

0.1%

0.0%

       

 

(1)   New Record; (2) 2nd highest in firm history; (3) 3rd highest in firm history

***Figures represent consolidated figures (lit and dark books), unless otherwise noted.

 

To track U.S. and Europe market share for all major trading exchanges and other venues, please visit:

U.S. Equities - http://batstrading.com/market_summary/
Europe Equities - http://www.batstrading.co.uk/market_data/market_share/index/

U.S. Options - http://www.batsoptions.com/market_summary/