The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that 46,028,641 equity option contracts traded in June, an increase of 40.63% compared to the same year-ago period when 32,731,306 contracts traded. Equity option volume in June rose 5.60% compared to last month when 43,587,646 contracts traded.
Market share for equity options in June was 16.44%, down from 17.65% from the previous month. The average daily volume for equity options in June was 2,191,840 contracts.
Volume on the six World Currency Options (WCOs) rose 868.36% in June when 246,726 contracts traded compared to 22,837 contracts traded during the same year-ago period. Volume increased 11.57% compared to the previous month when 221,144 contracts traded.
Index options volume for June decreased 23.20% when 428,298 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 557,674 contracts traded. Volume in index options in June increased 3.39% compared to the previous month when 414,242 contracts traded.
Equity volume for June increased 17.93% when 164,210,382 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 139,243,825 shares traded. Equity volume for June rose 19.13% compared to the previous month when 137,846,952 shares traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 15 sectors, among them are: KBW Bank Index (BKXSM); 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 IndexÔ (EPXSM).
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,600 equity options, 15 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.
