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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that 41,422,367 equity option contracts traded in April, an increase of 60.40%, compared to the same year-ago period when 25,824,063 contracts traded. Equity option volume in April rose 6.82% compared to last month when 38,778,747 contracts traded.
Market share for equity options in April was 15.91%. The average daily volume for equity options was 1,882,835 contracts.
Volume on the six World Currency Options (WCOs) rose 1,052.66% in April when 299,108 contracts traded compared to 25,949 contracts traded during the same year-ago period. Volume decreased 42.59% compared to the previous month when 520,993 contracts traded.
Index options volume for April decreased 13.34% when 414,427 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 478,249 contracts traded. Volume in index options in April increased 8.59% compared to the previous month when 381,654 contracts traded.
Equity volume for April increased 31.99% when 149,317,754 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 113,127,019 shares traded. Equity volume for April rose 2.91% compared to the previous month when 145,089,403 shares traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 16 sectors, among them are: KBW Bank Index (BKXSM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (MFXSM); KBW Regional Banking Index (KRXSM); PHLX Drug SectorSM (RXSSM); PHLX Gold/Silver SectorSM (XAUSM); PHLX Oil Service SectorSM (OSXSM); PHLX Defense SectorSM (DFXSM); TheStreet.com Internet Sector (DOTSM); PHLX Semiconductor SectorSM (SOXSM); PHLX Utility SectorSM (UTYSM); PHLX Housing SectorSM (HGXSM); and the SIG Oil & Exploration IndexTM (EPXSM)
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,639 equity options, 16 sectors index options, options on all major currencies, and futures through its subsidiary, The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT). For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
