ISE Gemini Surpasses 500,000 Contracts In A Trading Day - ISE Gemini Equity And ETF Options Market Share Accounted For Over 3 percent Of Total Volume

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that ISE Gemini^TM surpassed two milestones for the first time by trading over 500,000 contracts (actual: 601,901 contracts) in a single day, and also accounting for over 3 percent  (actual: 3.3%) of equity and ETF options market share. ISE Gemini has a total of 500 listings and plans to rollout an additional 200 names by the end of October.

Since launching on August 5, 2013, ISE Gemini has offered customers a unique maker-taker pricing model combined with ISE's patented pro-rata and customer priority market structure. Additional details about ISE Gemini can also be viewed at www.ise.com/gemini.

All non-transactional fees, including membership, application, market data and trading right fees have been waived for ISE Gemini until January 1, 2014. For more information on becoming a member on ISE Gemini, please contact geminibiz@ise.com.