IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that ICE Futures Europe set an exchange-wide daily volume record of 1,399,536 contracts on April 13. The new record was established on the exchange's fifth consecutive million-plus volume day and surpassed by 4% the previous daily record of 1,340,588 contracts, which was set on February 5, 2010.
The exchange also established a new daily volume record for its benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Light Sweet Crude futures contract. Volume in the ICE WTI Crude contract reached 464,381 contracts on April 13, surpassing by 13% the December 9, 2009, record of 409,727 contracts.
