IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading global exchange operator and over-the-counter (OTC) energy marketplace, announced today that its ICE Futures Europe subsidiary achieved new records both exchange-wide and in the ICE WTI Crude futures contract yesterday. On November 29, exchange-wide volume at ICE Futures Europe reached a record 875,375 contracts, surpassing the November 13, 2007 record of 858,604 contracts.
ICE WTI Crude futures established a new daily volume record yesterday with 385,502 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record established January 11, 2007 of 377,672 contracts.
About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) operates global commodity and
financial products marketplaces, including the world's leading electronic
energy markets and soft commodity exchange. ICE's diverse futures and over-
the-counter (OTC) markets offer contracts based on crude oil and refined
products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as agricultural
commodities including canola, cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice,
wood pulp and sugar, in addition to foreign currency and equity index futures
and options. ICE(R) conducts its energy futures markets through ICE Futures
Europe(sm), its London-based futures exchange, which offers the world's
leading oil benchmarks and trades nearly half of the world's global crude
futures in its markets. ICE conducts its soft commodity, foreign exchange and
equity index markets through its U.S. futures exchange, ICE Futures U.S.(sm),
which provides global futures and options markets, as well as clearing
services through ICE Clear U.S.(sm) In August 2007, ICE acquired the Winnipeg
Commodity Exchange Inc., the leading agricultural futures exchange in Canada.
ICE's state-of-the-art electronic trading platform brings market access and
transparency to participants in more than 50 countries. ICE was added to the
Russell 1000(R) Index in June 2006 and the S&P 500 Index in September 2007.
Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has offices in Calgary, Chicago, Dublin,
Houston, London, New York, Singapore and Winnipeg. For more information,
please visit www.theice.com.