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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today its December volumes and performance figures for 2007, which included several volume records. PHLX finished 2007 as the third largest exchange in the U.S., measured by equity options contracts traded. The Exchange also had the fourth highest equity options volume traded worldwide, as reported in FI Magazine based on figures through September 2007.
Volume records included:
Equity Options:
- Highest annual equity option volume
- Highest one-day equity options volume total set on December 20, when 6,399,457 contracts traded
- An all-time high market share of 31.50 % on December 20
- Average daily volume in December for equity options reached a record high of 2,001,049 contracts
- Market share for equity options in 2007 was a record 15.40%
- Equity options volume surpassed monthly records in May, June, July and September
Equities:
- Equity volume for 2007 reached an all-time annual high
- Record volume for equities reached an all-time monthly high in August when 190,449,326 shares traded
World Currency Options
- World Currency Options reached all-time record open interest in December
- World Currency Options reached a one-day record high volume on December 20 when 94,120 contracts traded
Equity option volume in 2007 reached an all-time high when 399,147,901 contracts traded compared to 2006 when 265,370,986 contracts traded, representing a 50.41% year-over-year growth. Equity option volume in December reached 40,020,981 contracts, a decrease of 2.50% compared to the previous month when 41,047,601 contracts traded.
Average daily volume in December for equity options reached 2,001,049, up 2.38% from last month. PHLX market share in December was 18.31%. Market share without ex-dividend volume was 14.50%.
Market share for equity options in 2007 was a record 15.40%, a growth of 7.02% compared to 2006 when market share was 14.39%.
Equity volume in December soared 120.50% when 137,773,131 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 62,481,138 shares traded. Equity volume decreased 10.42% compared to the previous month when 153,807,319 shares traded. Equity volume was up 102.32% for the year on a volume of 1,614,390,536 shares trades compared to 782,482,940 shares traded in 2006.
Sectors index options volume for 2007 decreased 11.26% when 6,766,901 contracts traded compared to last year when 7,625,523 contracts traded. Volume in December reached 417,615 contracts, up 11.37% compared to the same year-ago period when 374,977 contracts traded. Volume in sectors index options in December declined 30.70% compared to the previous month when 602,652 contracts traded.
Volume on the six newly traded World Currency Options (WCOs) totaled 2,026,838 contracts in 2007. In December, volume was 484,895, a 12.95% decrease compared to the previous month when 557,038 contracts traded.
WCOs ended December with a record open interest of 879,113 contracts. On December 20, WCO volume soared to a one-day record high volume of 94,120 contracts.
Trading volume in the customized and standardized currency options for December totaled 1,067 contracts, an increase of 269.20% compared to the previous month when 289 contracts traded. Volume in December decreased 88.81% compared to the same year-ago period when 9,532 contracts traded. Year-to-date volume was 77,841 contracts, a decrease of 40.81% compared to 2006 when 131,508 contracts traded.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,639 equity options, 16 sectors index options, options on all major currencies, and futures through its subsidiary, The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT). For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
