The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity option volume in January rose 26.02% when 27,620,859 contracts compared to the same year-ago period when 21,917,015 contracts traded. Equity option volume in January decreased 3.57% when compared to the previous month when 28,644,125 contracts traded.
Volume on two newly traded World Currency Options (WCOs) reached 9,746 contracts in January. The World Currency Options on the British Pound (XDB) traded 7,959 contracts while the World Currency Option on the Euro (XDE) reached a total volume of 1,787 contracts.
Market share for equity options in January was 15.18% when 27,620,859 contracts traded. PHLX market share in January without ex-dividend volume was 12.59% when 22,906,939 contracts traded.
Sectors index options volume for January jumped 30.77% when 490,340 contracts traded compared to the previous month when 374,977 contracts traded. Volume in sectors index options in January declined 30.11% compared to same year-ago period when 701,617 contracts traded.
Trading volume in the customized and standardized currency options for January totaled 9,311 contracts, a decrease of 2.32% compared to the previous month when 9,532 contracts traded. Volume in January decreased 21.84% compared to the same year-ago period when 11,912 contracts traded.
Equity volume for January increased 90.21% when 118,848,098 shares traded compared the previous month when 62,481,138 shares traded. Equity volume for January increased 43.61% compared to the same year-ago period when 82,755,970 shares traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 15 sectors, among them are: PHLX/KBW Bank Index (BKXSM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (MFXSM); KBW Regional Banking Index (KRXSMSM); 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); SIG Coal Producers IndexTM (SCPSM); SIG Oil & Exploration IndexTM (EPXSM); and the SIG Steel Producers IndexSM (STQSM); and Hapoalim American Israeli IndexTM (HAI).
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades 7,000 stocks, 2,318 equity options, 15 sectors index options, and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
