ICE Reports Record Average Daily Futures Volume, Up 30% In January - Record ADV For ICE Brent, Gasoil And WTI Futures

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, reported strong volume growth for its futures business in the first month of 2011. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was a record 1,578,227 contracts, up 30% from January 2010. ICE Futures Europe established a monthly record of 23.5 million contracts and a monthly ADV record of 1,176,543 contracts, an increase of 45% from the first month of 2010, and the exchange's first monthly ADV total in excess of one million contracts.

Total futures volume in January 2011 was a record 31.6 million contracts.

January 2011 Review

ICE Futures Europe records:
- The exchange established a daily volume record of 1,492,384 contracts on January 28.
- ICE Brent Crude futures set a daily volume record of 726,578 contracts on January 12. ICE WTI Crude futures established a daily volume record of 492,165 contracts onJanuary 28.
- ICE Brent Crude, ICE WTI Crude and ICE Gasoil futures established monthly volume records of 10,681,994 contracts, 6,432,931 contracts and 5,282,513 contracts, respectively.
- ICE Brent Crude, ICE WTI Crude and ICE Gasoil futures set monthly ADV records of 534,100 contracts, 321,647 contracts and 264,126 contracts, respectively.

ICE Futures U.S. records:
- The Russell 1000 Value Index mini futures and Russell 1000 Growth Index mini futures set daily volume records on January 4.
ICE Futures Canada records:
- The exchange established an open interest record of 231,786 contracts on January 24.
- Canola futures established an open interest record of 211,151 contracts on January 24.
ICE has been shortlisted for FT ArcelorMittal "Boldness in Business Awards" in the category of Drivers of Change.
ICE and NGX announced the addition of Canadian and U.S. physical and Canadian financial crude oil products to their existing clearing and technology alliance.
ICE's credit default swap (CDS) clearing houses surpassed $15 trillion in cumulative gross notional value cleared and 400,000 transactions during the week ending January 21, 2011.
ICE announced 26 new energy contracts, including three new U.S. thermal coal futures contracts, will be launched on February 21.
Through January 28, ICE's CDS clearing houses have cleared $15.2 trillion in gross notional value on a cumulative basis across 407,948 transactions. ICE currently lists 257 CDS contracts for clearing.
- ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust) has cleared $9.1 trillion of gross notional value since inception, including $646 billion in single-name CDS, resulting in open interest of $545 billion. ICE Trust offers clearing for 37 indexes and 89 single-name contracts.
- ICE Clear Europe has cleared 4.5 trillion Euro ($6.1 trillion) of gross notional value since inception, including 712 billion Euro ($942 billion) in single-name CDS, resulting in 474 billion Euro ($644 billion) of open interest. ICE Clear Europe offers clearing for 30 indexes and 101 single-name contracts.
Trading days in January 2011:
- ICE Futures Europe: 20
- ICE Futures U.S.: 20
- ICE Futures Canada: 20
- Chicago Climate Futures Exchange: 20

ICE Futures Contracts & Markets Monthly ADV
Product Line	ADV January 2011	ADV January 2010	ADV % Change
ICE Brent Crude futures & options	539,372	375,790	43.5
ICE Gasoil futures & options	265,327	199,810	32.8
ICE WTI Crude futures & options	326,694	191,324	70.8
ICE ECX emissions futures & options	22,054	21,917	0.6
Other futures contracts (1)	23,096	22,636	2.0
TOTAL ICE FUTURES EUROPE	1,176,543	811,477	45.0
Index futures & options (2)	125,495	128,200	-2.1
Sugar No. 11 futures & options	135,453	165,792	-18.3
Other agricultural commodity contracts (3)	91,489	69,663	31.3
Currency futures and options contracts (4)	30,720	24,025	27.9
TOTAL ICE FUTURES U.S.	383,157	387,680	-1.2
TOTAL ICE FUTURES CANADA & CCFE(5)	18,527	12,129	52.7
TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS	1,578,227	1,211,286	30.3
(1) "Other futures contracts" include ICE UK Natural Gas futures; ICE Coal futures; ICE Dutch TTF and German Natural Gas futures; ICE UK Electricity futures; ICE Heating Oil futures; and ICE Unleaded Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) futures (2) "Index futures & options" includes Russell 2000® mini futures and options and futures for the Russell 1000® mini, the Continuous Commodity Index, the Euro Index and the NYSE Composite. (3) "Other agricultural commodity contracts" include futures and/or options for Cocoa, Coffee "C", Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Sugar No. 14 and Sugar No. 16. (4) "Currency futures and options" include futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange. (5) ICE acquired Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) on July 8, 2010. Prior-year amounts do not include CCFE volume and percentage change does not include CCFE prior-year volume.

ICE Futures Monthly Volume
	January 2011	January 2010	Percent Change
ICE Futures Europe	23,530,865	15,418,056	52.6
ICE Futures U.S.	7,663,134	7,365,911	4.0
ICE Futures Canada & CCFE*	370,533	242,585	52.7
Total Futures Volume	31,564,532	23,026,552	37.1
*ICE acquired CCFE on July 8, 2010. Prior-year amounts do not include CCFE volume and percentage change does not include CCFE prior-year volume.

ICE Futures Open Interest
	January 31, 2011	December 31, 2010
ICE Futures Europe	3,716,215	3,329,205
ICE Futures U.S.	3,549,896	3,325,618
ICE Futures Canada & CCFE	277,170	283,246

Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)
Product Line	Three Months Ending January 2011	Three Months Ending December 2010	Three Months Ending November 2010
ICE Futures Europe	$1.53	$1.57	$1.56
ICE Futures U.S. Ag	$2.06	$2.07	$2.08
ICE Futures U.S. Fin	$0.94	$0.93	$0.83
RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.

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