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Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE And NYSE Volume For December And Full Year 2014 - 18th Consecutive Annual Brent ADV Record

Date 06/01/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported December 2014, fourth quarter 2014 and full year 2014 exchange traded volume.

ICE’s December 2014 and fourth quarter of 2014 average daily volume (ADV) decreased 18% and 11% compared to December 2013 and the fourth quarter of 2013, respectively.

  • Commodity ADV decreased 8% during the month despite growth in ADV for Brent, Other Oil and Gasoil, up 34%, 31% and 5%, respectively, from the prior December. Fourth quarter commodity ADV increased 1% due to strength in Brent and Other Oil, both up 23% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.
  • Financials ADV declined 28% from the prior December due to continued low volatility in Continental European short-term interest rates. Fourth quarter financials declined 23% driven by a decline in Euribor ADV, offset by a 10%, 30% and 25% increase in Sterling, Gilt and equity index ADV, respectively.

NYSE’s U.S. cash equities ADV increased 25%, while U.S. equity options ADV decreased 5% over the prior December. NYSE’s U.S. cash equities market share was 24.4% and NYSE’s U.S. options market share was 22.1% for the month.

                         

ICE Futures & Options ADV (contracts in 000s)

    ADV Dec   ADV Dec   Change   ADV Full   ADV Full   Change
    2014   2013   y/y   Year 2014   Year 2013   y/y
COMMODITIES                        
Energy                        
Brent   671   503   34%   689   670   3%
Gasoil   165   158   5%   212   256   -17%
Other Oil (1)   286   218   31%   274   255   8%
TOTAL OIL   1,123   879   28%   1,175   1,181   0%
Natural Gas (2)   939   1,381   -32%   931   1,194   -22%
Power (3)   115   88   30%   111   125   -11%
Emissions & Other (4)   34   37   -8%   40   41   -3%
TOTAL ENERGY   2,212   2,385   -7%   2,258   2,541   -11%
Agricultural                        
Sugar (5)   83   100   -17%   145   146   -1%
Other Ags & Metals (6)   126   148   -15%   173   175   -1%
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL & METALS   210   248   -16%   317   321   -1%
TOTAL COMMODITIES   2,421   2,634   -8%   2,575   2,862   -10%
                         
FINANCIALS                        
Interest Rates                        
Short-term Interest Rates (7)   870   1,539   -44%   1,445   2,087   -31%
Medium & Long-term Interest Rates (8)   142   111   28%   178   172   3%
TOTAL INTEREST RATES   1,012   1,651   -39%   1,623   2,259   -28%
                         
TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES (9)   913   1,059   -14%   907   957   -5%
                         
TOTAL FX (10)   53   29   81%   32   36   -11%
TOTAL FINANCIALS   1,977   2,739   -28%   2,562   3,252   -21%
TOTAL FUTURES & OPTIONS   4,398   5,373   -18%   5,137   6,114   -16%

Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding.

(1)   “Other Oil” includes futurized oil, WTI, Heating Oil, RBOB Gasoline and Middle East Sour Crude. Excludes Daily Brent Bullet contracts.
(2)   “Natural Gas” includes North American, UK and European Natural Gas.
(3)   “Power” includes North American, UK and European Power.
(4)   “Emissions & Other” includes all emissions contracts, freight, coal, iron ore and uranium.
(5)   “Sugar” includes Sugar No. 11, Sugar No. 16 and White Sugar.
(6)   “Other Ags & Metals” includes Cocoa ($), Cocoa (£),Coffee “C”, Robusta Coffee, Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Corn, Feed Wheat, Soybeans, Barley, Canola, Mini Gold and Mini Silver contracts.
(7)   “Short-term Interest Rates” includes Euribor, Sterling, Swiss, Eonia, Eurodollar, Short Gilt, European Government Bonds and DTCC GCF Repo Index® contracts.
(8)   “Medium & Long-Term Rates” includes Gilt, Swapnotes, Japanese Government Bonds, European Government Bonds, Treasuries and U.S. Government Bonds and Ultrabond contracts.
(9)   “TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES” includes FTSE 100®, FTSE 100 Dividend®, price return and net total return versions of MSCI EAFE®, MSCI Emerging Markets®, MSCI Europe®, and MSCI World®, Russell 2000®, Russell 1000® and Single Stock Equities which includes equities domiciled in 25 countries that trade in the UK.
(10)   “TOTAL FX” includes futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange.
             

ICE Futures & Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)

    Three Months   Three Months   Three Months
Futures & Options   Ending   Ending   Ending
Products   Dec 2014   Nov 2014   Oct 2014
Energy   $1.29   $1.30   $1.33
Agricultural & Metals   $2.36   $2.41   $2.48
Total Commodities   $1.39   $1.42   $1.47
Interest Rates   $0.67   $0.67   $0.66
Total Financials   $0.68   $0.67   $0.64

RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix. RPC is subject to revision based on final numbers.

         

ICE Futures & Options Open Interest (contracts in 000s)

    Dec 31, 2014   Dec 31, 2013
Energy   38,436   41,470
Agricultural & Metals   3,308   3,372
Total Commodities   41,744   44,842
Interest Rates   13,042   18,101
Total Financials   26,332   30,385
                         

ICE Futures & Options Monthly and YTD Volume (contracts in 000s)

            Vol %   Full Year   Full Year   Vol %
Futures & Options Products   Dec-14   Dec-13   Change   2014   2013   Change
Commodities   53,271   55,225   -4%   648,990   721,475   -10%
Financials   42,116   54,990   -23%   653,956   831,722   -21%
TOTAL CONTRACTS   95,387   110,215   -13%   1,302,946   1,553,197   -16%
                         

ICE Futures & Options Fourth Quarter 2014 ADV and Volume (contracts in 000s)

            Vol %           Vol %
Futures & Options Products   4Q14 ADV   4Q13 ADV   Change   4Q14 Volume   4Q13 Volume   Change
Commodities   2,709   2,680   1%   173,376   171,450   1%
Financials   2,045   2,645   -23%   130,853   169,271   -23%
TOTAL CONTRACTS   4,754   5,325   -11%   304,229   340,721   -11%
                         

U.S. Equity Options (contracts in 000s)

    ADV Dec   ADV Dec   Change   Full Year   Full Year   Change
    2014   2013   y/y   2014   2013   y/y
NYSE Equity Options(1)   3,194   3,377   -5%   3,577   3,948   -9%
Total U.S. Options Volume   14,460   13,809   5%   15,258   14,785   3%
NYSE Share of Group Total   22.1%   24.5%   -2.4pts   23.4%   26.7%   -3.3pts

(1) “NYSE Equity Options” includes NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options trading in U.S. equity options contracts.

             

NYSE U.S. Equity Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)

    Three Months   Three Months   Three Months
    Ending   Ending   Ending
    Dec 2014   Nov 2014   Oct 2014
NYSE US Equity Options   $0.16   $0.16   $0.16
                         

NYSE U.S. Cash Products (shares in millions)

    ADV Dec   ADV Dec   Change   ADV Full   ADV Full   Change
    2014   2013   y/y   Year 2014   Year 2013   y/y
NYSE Listed (Tape A) Issues                        
Handled Volume (1)   1,216   1,006   21%   1,063   1,070   -1%
Matched Volume(2)   1,192   977   22%   1,039   1,033   1%
Total NYSE Listed Consolidated Volume   3,719   3,153   18%   3,391   3,393   0%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume   32.1%   31.0%   1.1pts   30.6%   30.4%   0.2pts
                         
NYSE Arca, MKT and Regional (Tape B) Listed Issues                        
Handled Volume (1)   341   226   51%   261   246   6%
Matched Volume(2)   326   213   53%   247   228   8%
Total NYSE Arca and MKT Listed Consolidated Volume   1,392   956   46%   1,101   1,063   4%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume   23.4%   22.3%   1.1pts   22.4%   21.4%   1.0pts
                         
Nasdaq Listed (Tape C) Issues                        
Handled Volume (1)   185   165   12%   202   183   10%
Matched Volume(2)   173   147   18%   186   163   14%
Total Nasdaq Listed Consolidated Volume   1,805   1,768   2%   1,953   1,762   11%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume   9.6%   8.3%   1.3pts   9.5%   9.3%   0.2pts
                         
TOTAL U.S. Cash Market Share Matched   24.4%   22.7%   1.7pts   22.8%   22.9%   -0.1pts
TOTAL ADV U.S. Cash Shares Handled   1,743   1,398   25%   1,525   1,499   2%
(1)   “Handled Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and crossing session activity internally matched on NYSE Group’s exchanges or routed to and executed on an external market center.  
(2)   “Matched Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, ETFs and crossing session activity executed on NYSE Group’s exchanges  
             
U.S. Cash Rolling Three-Month Revenue Capture

(per 100 shares)

    Three Months   Three Months   Three Months
    Ending   Ending   Ending
    Dec 2014   Nov 2014   Oct 2014
U.S. Cash Products   $0.050   $0.050   $0.049
             

Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Transaction and Clearing

  • Fourth quarter revenues from ICE’s credit default swap (CDS) trade execution, processing and clearing business totaled $39 million, compared to $34 million in the prior fourth quarter, and included $25 million in CDS clearing revenues.
  • For 2014, total CDS revenues were $160 million compared to $145 million in 2013.
  • Through December 31, ICE has cleared $61 trillion in gross notional value of CDS on a cumulative basis across 2.1 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. Buy-side clearing of CDS totaled $11 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ICE Clear Credit in December of 2009. ICE lists over 500 CDS instruments for clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear-credit

December 2014 Review

Trading days in December 2014:

  • Interest Rates, Single Stock Equity Derivatives: 21
  • Commodities, Other Financials: 22
  • US Cash Equities, US Equity Options: 22

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