News Centre

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For May

Date 02/06/2014

In the month of May, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 268,548 per day, which represented a 9% increase over the same period last year. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $429,141 per day, while total savings to investors this month was $9.0MM. With this, BOX has saved investors over $506 MM since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of May was 398,937 contracts. 

CBOE Futures Exchange Reports May 2014 Trading Volume

Date 02/06/2014

• Total CFE Volume: Three Million Contracts
• VIX Futures ADV Down One Percent From Year Ago

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined In May While 2014 Volume Remains Up

Date 02/06/2014

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume reached 319,742,239 in May, an 18 percent decrease from the May 2013 volume of 391,347,069 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date cleared contract volume remains up for 2014 with 1,789,079,351 contracts, 1 percent higher than the same point in 2013. OCC’s year-to-date average daily contract volume is up 2 percent at 17,369,702 contracts.

US Deputy Attorney General James Cole Delivers Remarks At Press Conference For Gameover Zeus And Cryptolocker Operations

Date 02/06/2014

Good afternoon and welcome, everyone.

Today, we are here to announce that, over the weekend, the Department disrupted two extremely damaging cyber threats – the financial botnet known as Gameover Zeus and the malicious software known as Cryptolocker.   Gameover Zeus has secretly diverted millions of dollars to bank accounts of criminals across the globe while Cryptolocker – a ransomware scheme – has shutout hundreds of thousands of users from their own computers and data and demanded that victims pay to get access back to their own machines and information.

The Options Industry Council Announces Options Volume Falls In May

Date 02/06/2014

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 315,630,235 total options contracts traded in May, which is 18.32 percent less than last May when 386,428,255 contracts were traded. Overall 2014 volume remains up by 0.60 percent with 1,761,732,803 contracts compared to last year’s 1,751,155,921 contracts.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For May 2014 - Average May Block Trade Size Was 377 (37,700 Share Equivalent)

Date 02/06/2014

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its May 2014 volume of 521,746, a -52% decrease year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.   

Oslo Børs: Strongest Month So Far This Year

Date 02/06/2014

May was the strongest month so far this year, with a 4.6% rise in the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index.

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: May 2014

Date 02/06/2014

• Trading turnover of CHF 485.7 billion (+8.8% versus the same period in 2013)
• Average trading turnover per day of CHF 4.8 billion
• SFS Group AG and HIAG Immobilien Holding AG now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange

EnterNext Boosts SME Equity Research And Supports Technology Sector With Two Initiatives

Date 02/06/2014

Reflecting its ongoing programme of initiatives in support of companies, EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs, today announced two measures to increase equity research focusing on mid-size companies. They apply to companies covered by EnterNext.

UK's National Crime Agency: Two-Week Opportunity For UK To Reduce Threat From Powerful Computer Attack

Date 02/06/2014

The NCA is today urging members of the public to protect themselves against powerful malicious software (malware), which may be costing UK computer users millions of pounds.