BATS Europe Achieves EUR1 Billion Traded - Also Sets New One-Day Overall Market Share Record With 3.54% Of Pan-European Equities Trading

BATS Europe, an innovative, wholly-owned subsidiary of BATS Global Markets, set a one-day record for notional value traded and overall market share on Friday 5th June, finishing with more than €1.02 billion traded and 3.54% of pan-European equities trading.

The fast-growing Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) recently set one-day market share records in the CAC 40 (6.98%), AEX (5.37%) and BEL20 (4.60%). BATS Europe began offering inverted pricing on the 1st June for these three indices and three Euronext ETFs, rebating 0.50 bps for adding liquidity while continuing to charge its standard 0.30 bps for all securities.

“The €1 billion mark is a significant milestone for BATS Europe and we thank our participants for their continued support,” said Mark Hemsley, BATS Europe’s CEO. “We remain focused on providing our participants with the optimal trading experience as more and more firms connect to the highly efficient, low latency BATS Europe platform.”

BATS Europe previously recorded one-day notional value and overall market share highs in June of €992.3 million traded with 3.33% of the European markets.

Friday’s performance also included FTSE 100 market share of 5.05%, BATS Europe’s second-best performance to date in the index, trailing only the 5.17% mark set on the 2nd June.

BATS’ market share display page is at http://www.batstrading.co.uk/market_data/market_share/index and historical breakdowns by index and venue, including interactive graphs and charts, are available at http://www.batstrading.co.uk/market_data/venue/.