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Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global exchange operator and provider of market data and other financial markets services, today reported August data and highlights, including strong market share across all of its markets for the month.
Highlights for August include:
- Maintaining its position as the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 21.1% market share;
- Retaining its position as the largest European stock exchange with 23.4% market share and the largest trade reporting facility with €307.8 billion reported to BXTR for the month;
- Remaining the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 24.1% of all volume during the month. In addition, Bats has won 26% of all new U.S. ETF listings year-to-date vs only 9% for full-year 2015;
- Reporting 10.7% U.S. Options market share, as well as 15.3% market share in single-leg equity options trades for the month;
- Unveiling plans to launch Bats LIS, powered by BIDS Trading, a new block trading service for the European equity market;
- Announcing plans to acquire Javelin Swap Execution Facility, accelerating Bats’ plans to offer the trading of non-deliverable forwards for the FX market;
- Announcing plans to launch the Bats Auction Mechanism (BAM), new functionality that provides price improvement opportunities for orders sent to EDGX Options;
- Working with Nasdaq and NYSE to strengthen U.S. equity markets through the harmonization of key functions;
- Boosting ETP market incentive plan for market makers who play pivotal role throughout lifecycle of ETPs;
- Recording more than $93 billion of notional value per day touched by the Bats markets in August, including trades reported to BXTR.
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