The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 3.3 million contracts in April 2010.
Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 21.2% to 3.3 million contracts in April as compared to 4.2 million contracts during the same period in 2009. Total options volume for the month decreased 21.2% to 69.2 million contracts from 87.8 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 18.7% to 3.3 million contracts traded. Total year-to-date options volume through April 2010 decreased 18.7% to 268.4 million contracts from 330.3 million contracts in the same period last year.
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