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FIF Capacity Statistics For March 2010: : New Record Peaks For NASDAQ UQDF, UTDF, DAP And ITTO.Growth In European Exchanges; BATS Europe PITCH, LSE Infolect And Deutsche Börse CEF Core Eurex.

Date 21/04/2010

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that NASDAQ UQDF was up 25% with a new record peak of 82,406 mps over 1 second

US Markets

  • NASDAQ UTDF was up 14%, hitting a new record of 18,109 mps over 1 second for the second month in a row
  • On the Options side, NASDAQ DAP hit a record peak for the second month in a row of 188,792 mps over 1 second, up 2%
  • NASDAQ ITTO was up a record 2% at 190,005 mps over 1 second for the second straight month
  • NASDAQ NLS was up 63% to 46,796 mps over 1 second
  • NYSE ArcaBook Equities went up 3% to 267,235 mps over 1 second. NYSE ArcaBook Options hit a peak of 584,767 mps over 1 second, up 1 %
  • CME MDP FIX/FAST was up 3% to 17,376 mps over 1 second

In European Markets:

  • BATS Europe PITCH increased 10% to 102,236 mps
  • LSE Infolect was up 5% to 9,422 mps over 1 second
  • Deutsche Börse CEF Core Eurex grew by 3% to 47,803 mps over 1 second
  • The next meeting of the FIF MD Capacity WG is scheduled for April 22nd @ 10:00 AM ET.

The FIF provides key data points for market data rates. Percentage increases based on a comparison between February and March 1 second peaks (unless specified). Monthly data for OPRA, CTA, UTP, BATS U.S. and Europe, NASDAQ Proprietary, LSE, Euronext, NYSE ArcaBook Equities and Options, CME Group, Toronto and Deutsche Börse feeds are available for FIF members at http://www.fif.com/md_capacity