On a year-to-date basis, average daily volume increased 16.7% to 1.7 million contracts traded as compared to 1.4 million contracts traded in the prior year. Total equity options volume increased 17.7% to 207.6 million contracts versus 176.4 million contracts in the same period last year.
Current Month | Year-to-Date | |||||
(000s) | Jun-05 | Jun-04 | % Change |
Jun-05 | Jun-04 | % Change |
ISE Average Daily Volume | 1,504.6 | 1,216.6 | 23.7% | 1,660.8 | 1,422.6 | 16.7% |
ISE Total Volume | 33,101.8 | 25,548.7 | 29.6% | 207,606.2 | 176,407.9 | 17.7% |
Industry Average Daily Volume | 4,698.9 | 3,621.3 | 29.8% | 5,069.5 | 4,379.5 | 15.8% |
Market Share | 32.0% | 33.6% | (1.6) pts | 32.8% | 32.5% | 0.3 pts |
Monthly Highlights
- ISE traded more volume in 502 of 747 issues in its listings than any other options exchange.
- ISE was the lead market in June in the component equities of the following indexes and accounted for at least 66% of the total weighting in each index:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: 21 of 30 equities which represented 72% of the total weighting of the index.
- S&P 500: 253 of 500 equities which represented 71% of the total weighting of the index.
- Russell 1000: 321 of 1,000 equities which represented 66% of the total weighting of the index.
- ISE launched options trading on the following indexes: ISE Semiconductors, ISE-CCM Homeland Security, ISE Oil and Gas Services, ISE Gold, and ISE Homebuilders.