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Bats Global Markets (Bats) today reported February data. Highlights include the third-best month on record for its U.S. Equities business with 21.4% market share, as well as continued market share strength in its U.S. Options and European Equities businesses.
Additionally, Bats welcomed three new ETFs to its U.S. market in February bringing the total number of ETFs listed on Bats to 70. Bats remained the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading as well, executing 26.2% of all February volume.
The company reported 10.4% U.S. Options market share vs. 8.2% a year prior. Bats’ European Equities business recorded 23.7% market share, unchanged from a year prior. In U.S. Equities, the 21.4% market share in February compares to 20.7% in the year prior period.
Bats’ European trade reporting facility, BXTR, remained the largest trade reporting facility in the region with more than €408.4bn reported during the month. This represents an increase of 10.8% from February 2015.
Hotspot, Bats’ institutional spot foreign exchange market, posted average daily volume of $32.6 billion in February vs. $26.3 billion a year prior, an increase of more than 24%.
In all, the Bats markets executed $133.8 billion of notional value per day in February.
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