Equity options volume for the month of October 2000 set a new monthly volume record of 9,329,998 contracts traded, a 160 percent increase over the same month last year when 3,578,644 contracts changed hands. In addition, year-to-date equity options volume set a new record of 54,892,004 contracts traded. This represents a 51 percent increase over the first ten months of 1999, the previous record, when 36,333,330 contracts traded. During the month of October 2000, the PHLX also realized a 16 percent increase in its equity options market share, leading the U.S. options exchanges in greatest percentage of growth.
The PHLX trades more than 2,300 stocks, nearly 800 equity options, 11 sectors index options and 100 currency pairs. Founded in 1790, the PHLX is the first securities exchange.
