BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported new annual market share records for its U.S. Equities and U.S. Options businesses, as well as record notional value traded for its European Equities business, in 2015.
BATS reported 21.1% U.S. Equities market share for 2015 vs. 20.4% in 2014 and 9.6% U.S. Options market share vs. 4.8% in 2014. BATS’ European Equities business traded a record €3.8trn over 2015 with 24.4% market share vs. 21.6% in 2014, remaining the #1 stock market in Europe.
Additionally, BATS reported 11.5% market share in 2015 for Hotspot, its institutional spot foreign exchange market and BATS’ European trade reporting facility, BXTR, remained the largest trade reporting facility in the region, with more than €4.8 trillion in transactions reported in 2015.
Also, BATS more than doubled the number of ETFs listed on its U.S. market in 2015, welcoming 30 new issues and bringing the total number of ETFs listed on The BATS ETF Marketplace at year-end to 56. In December alone, BATS welcomed 11 ETFs to its U.S. market, more than any other U.S. market, and, in 2016, the company has added eight issues as of January 15th.
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