ICE Futures Sets New Daily Exchange-Wide And ICE WTI Crude Futures Volume Records

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that its regulated futures subsidiary, ICE Futures, established new daily exchange-wide and ICE WTI Crude futures volume records yesterday.

Exchange-wide volume at ICE Futures reached a record of 682,752 contracts on January 4, 2007, surpassing the previous record of 640,599 contracts set September 12, 2006.

Also on January 4, ICE WTI Crude futures reached a new daily volume record of 292,107 contracts, surpassing by 14.2% the previous record of 255,744 contracts set December 7, 2006.