The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces January Volume - PHLX Posts Record Volume For Equity Options And World Currency Options - Gains Made In All Product Classes

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity option volume in January nearly doubled when 53,023,914 contracts compared to the same year-ago period when 27,620,859 contracts traded. This represented a 91.97% increase. Equity option volume in January increased 32.49% compared to the previous month when 40,020,981 contracts traded.

Market share for equity options in January was 16.13%. The average daily volume for equity options was 2,524,948.

Volume on the six World Currency Options (WCOs) jumped 39.74% compared to the previous month when 484,895 contracts traded. Volume soared 6,852.35% in January when 677,576 contracts traded compared to 9,746 contracts in the same year-ago period.

Sectors index options volume for January jumped 22.55% when 600,900 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 490,340 contracts traded. Volume in sectors index options in January jumped 43.89% compared to the previous month when 417,615 contracts traded.

Equity volume for January increased 38.15% when 184,183,312 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 118,848,098 shares traded. Equity volume for January increased 19.17% compared to the previous month when 137,773,131 shares traded.

PHLX currently lists options on 17 sectors, among them are: PHLX/KBW Bank Index (BKX^SM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (MFX^SM); KBW Regional Banking Index (KRX^SM); PHLX Drug Sector^SM (RXS^SM); PHLX Gold/Silver Sector^SM (XAU^SM); PHLX Oil Service Sector^SM (OSX^SM); PHLX Defense Sector^SM (DFX^SM); TheStreet.com Internet Sector (DOT^SM); PHLX Semiconductor Sector^SM (SOX^SM); PHLX Utility Sector^SM (UTY^SM); PHLX Housing Sector^SM (HGX^SM); SIG Coal Producers Index^TM (SCP^SM); SIG Oil & Exploration Index^TM (EPX^SM); and the SIG Steel Producers Index^TM (STQ^SM).

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,639 equity options, 17 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.