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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that 43,587,646 equity option contracts traded in May, an increase of 45.53% compared to the same year-ago period when 29,951,482 contracts traded. Equity option volume in May rose 5.25% compared to last month when 41,422,367 contracts traded.
Market share for equity options in May was 17.65%, up from 15.91% from the previous month. The average daily volume for equity options in May was 2,075,602 contracts.
Volume on the six World Currency Options (WCOs) rose 703.58% in May when 221,144 contracts traded compared to 27,520 contracts traded during the same year-ago period. Volume decreased 26.07% compared to the previous month when 299,108 contracts traded.
Index options volume for May decreased 24.30% when 414,242 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 547,229 contracts traded. Volume in index options in May decreased 0.04% compared to the previous month when 414,427 contracts traded.
Equity volume for May increased 10.01% when 137,846,952 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 125,308,868 shares traded. Equity volume for May declines 7.68% compared to the previous month when 149,317,754 shares traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 19 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, 19 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.
