Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces January Volume

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that for the month of January, equity trading volume increased 35.14% when 281,118,277 shares traded compared to the same month last year when 208 016,767 shares traded. Equity volume increased 22.79% compared to the previous month's volume when 228,940,265 shares traded.

Equity options volume totaled 7,731,343 contracts, an increase of 12.69% when compared to the previous month when 6,860,613 contracts traded. Equity options volume decreased 3.12% compared to same month last year when 7.979,963 contracts traded.

Sectors index options trading volume increased 12.98% when 210, 265 contracts traded compared to the previous month when 186,106 contracts traded. Sector index option volume declined 31.70% when compared to the same month last year when 307,869 contracts traded.

PHLX currently lists options on 12 sectors: PHLX/KBW Bank Index (BKX^SM); PHLX Computer Box Maker Sector^SM (BMX^SM); PHLX Drug Sector^SM (RXS^SM); PHLX Forest and Paper Products Sector^SM (FPP^SM); PHLX Gold/Silver Sector^SM (XAU^SM); PHLX Oil Service Sector^SM (OSX^SM); PHLX OTC Prime Sector^SM (OTX^SM); PHLX Defense Sector^SM (DFX^SM); TheStreet.com Internet Sector (DOT^SM); PHLX Semiconductor Sector^SM (SOX^SM); PHLX Utility Sector^SM (UTY^SM); and the PHLX Housing Sector^SM (HGX^SM).

Trading volume in January in the customized and standardized currency options totaled 21,394 contracts, a 10.01% decrease from the previous month when 23,774 contracts traded, and a 20.96% decrease from the same month last year when 27,067 contracts traded.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 2,200 stocks, 1,016 listed equity options, 12 sectors index options and currency pairs. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.