IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported exchange traded volumes for March and the first quarter of 2014.
ICE's March 2014 and first quarter of 2014 average daily volume (ADV) decreased 16% and 13%, respectively, compared to prior year periods.
- Commodity futures and options ADV decreased 15% year to year in March on lower natural gas and Brent volume. First quarter 2014 commodity ADV increased 2% on a 25% increase in sugar volume while energy volume was flat due to lower price volatility in the quarter.
- Financial futures and options ADV declined 17% in March and 26% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the prior year, driven by short-term interest rate products due to continued low volatility. March medium & long-term interest rate ADV increased 10% year to year.
- In March, NYSE’s U.S. cash equities ADV increased 5% and Euronext’s European cash equities ADV increased 13%, and U.S. options volume declined 2% year to year.
ICE Futures & Options ADV (contracts in 000s) |
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COMMODITIES | ||||||||||||
Energy | ||||||||||||
Brent | 612 | 720 | -15% | 625 | 694 | -10% | ||||||
Gasoil | 215 | 265 | -19% | 230 | 282 | -18% | ||||||
Other Oil (1) | 264 | 239 | 11% | 259 | 259 | 0% | ||||||
TOTAL OIL | 1,091 | 1,224 | -11% | 1,114 | 1,234 | -10% | ||||||
Natural Gas (2) | 765 | 1,618 | -53% | 1,171 | 1,356 | -14% | ||||||
Power (3) | 851 | 489 | 74% | 878 | 565 | 55% | ||||||
Emissions & Other (4) | 61 | 49 | 26% | 56 | 50 | 11% | ||||||
TOTAL ENERGY | 2,768 | 3,379 | -18% | 3,219 | 3,206 | 0% | ||||||
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Sugar (5) | 153 | 124 | 23% | 187 | 150 | 25% | ||||||
Other Ags & Metals (6) | 181 | 166 | 9% | 205 | 186 | 10% | ||||||
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL & METALS | 334 | 290 | 15% | 392 | 336 | 17% | ||||||
TOTAL COMMODITIES | 3,102 | 3,669 | -15% | 3,611 | 3,542 | 2% | ||||||
FINANCIALS | ||||||||||||
Interest Rates | ||||||||||||
Short-term Interest Rates (7) | 1,713 | 2,323 | -26% | 1,876 | 2,579 | -27% | ||||||
Medium & Long-term Interest Rates (8) | 171 | 156 | 10% | 185 | 195 | -5% | ||||||
TOTAL INTEREST RATES | 1,884 | 2,479 | -24% | 2,061 | 2,774 | -26% | ||||||
TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES (9) | 1,261 | 1,290 | -2% | 885 | 1,207 | -27% | ||||||
TOTAL FX (10) | 31 | 45 | -31% | 27 | 39 | -30% | ||||||
TOTAL FINANCIALS | 3,176 | 3,813 | -17% | 2,973 | 4,020 | -26% | ||||||
TOTAL FUTURES & OPTIONS | 6,278 | 7,482 | -16% | 6,584 | 7,562 | -13% |
Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding.
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“Other Oil” includes futurized oil, WTI, Heating Oil, RBOB Gasoline and Middle East Sour Crude. Excludes Daily Brent Bullet contracts. |
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“Natural Gas” includes North American, UK and European Natural Gas. |
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“Power” includes North American, UK and European Power. |
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“Emissions & Other” includes all power contracts, emissions, freight, coal, iron ore and uranium. |
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“Sugar” includes Sugar No. 11, Sugar No. 16 and White Sugar. |
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“Other Ags & Metals” includes Cocoa, Coffee “C”, Coffee 20 Tonne, Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Corn, Wheat-Feed, Soybeans, Barley, Canola, Mini Gold and Mini Silver contracts. |
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“Short-term Interest Rates” includes Euribor, Sterling, Swiss, Eonia, Eurodollar and DTCC GCF Repo contracts. |
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“Medium & Long-Term Rates” includes Gilt, Swapnotes Yen, Treasuries, U.S. Bond and Ultrabond contracts. |
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“TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES” includes FTSE 100, FTSE 100 Dividend, price return and net total return versions of MSCI EAFE, MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Europe, and MSCI World, Russell 2000® , Russell 1000® and UK Single Stock Equities which includes equities domiciled in 25 countries that trade in the UK. |
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“TOTAL FX” includes futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange. |
Financial and Reporting Update |
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• ICE has updated certain monthly volume report categories to further streamline reporting. |
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• U.S. equity options ADV and RPC are now reported on a standalone basis. |
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• U.K. single stock equities have been combined with total equity derivatives volume. |
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• Metal contracts have been combined with agriculture contract volume. |
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• Quarterly revenue capture is disclosed for both Euronext cash and derivatives. |
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• ICE has updated its historical ADV, RPC and OI report, including Bclear volumes by product,and has added a new report to assist in daily volume tracking for all ICE, Liffe and Euronext product categories, which can be found on the ICE website in Supplemental Volume Info. |
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ICE Futures & Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC) |
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Energy | $0.98 | $0.95 | $0.95 | ||
Agricultural & Metals | $2.24 | $2.25 | $2.28 | ||
Total Commodities | $1.12 | $1.08 | $1.06 | ||
Interest Rates | $0.50 | $0.50 | $0.49 | ||
Total Financials | $0.49 | $0.49 | $0.48 |
RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.
ICE Futures & Options Open Interest (contracts in 000s) |
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31-Mar-14 | 31-Dec-13 | |||
Energy* | 95,221 | 88,425 | ||
Agricultural & Metals | 3,832 | 3,372 | ||
Total Commodities | 99,053 | 91,797 | ||
Interest Rates | 21,833 | 18,101 | ||
Total Financials | 36,652 | 30,385 |
*Energy OI excluding U.S. power contracts for March 2014 and December 2013 were 32,154 and 34,013 contracts, respectively.
ICE Futures & Options Volume (contracts in 000s) |
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Futures & Options |
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Commodities | 65,135 | 73,382 | -11% | 220,300 | 212,665 | 4% | ||||||
Financials | 66,702 | 76,266 | -13% | 186,367 | 248,923 | -25% | ||||||
TOTAL CONTRACTS | 131,838 | 149,648 | -12% | 406,667 | 461,588 | -12% | ||||||
U.S. Equity Options (contracts in 000s) |
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U.S. Equity Options | ||||||||||||
NYSE Equity Options(1) | 3,658 | 3,750 | -2% | 3,874 | 4,231 | -8% | ||||||
Total U.S. Options Volume | 15,316 | 13,952 | 10% | 16,073 | 14,981 | 7% | ||||||
NYSE Share of Group Total | 24% | 27% | -3pts | 24% | 28% | -4pts |
(1) “NYSE Equity Options” includes NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options trading in U.S. equity options contracts.
U.S. Equity Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC) |
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US Equity Options | $0.16 | $0.16 | $0.16 |
U.S. Cash Products (shares in millions) |
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NYSE Listed (Tape A) Issues | ||||||||||||
Handled Volume (1) | 1,091 | 1,116 | -2% | 1,080 | 1,120 | -4% | ||||||
Matched Volume(2) | 1,065 | 1,077 | -1% | 1,051 | 1,077 | -2% | ||||||
Total NYSE Listed Consolidated Volume | 3,469 | 3,467 | 0% | 3,600 | 3,585 | 0% | ||||||
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume | 31% | 31% | - | 29% | 30% | -1pt | ||||||
NYSE Arca, MKT and Regional (Tape B) Listed Issues | ||||||||||||
Handled Volume (1) | 284 | 226 | 26% | 271 | 224 | 21% | ||||||
Matched Volume(2) | 269 | 209 | 28% | 256 | 207 | 23% | ||||||
Total NYSE Arca and MKT Listed Consolidated Volume | 1,226 | 1,001 | 22% | 1,204 | 994 | 21% | ||||||
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume | 22% | 21% | +1pt | 21% | 21% | - | ||||||
Nasdaq Listed (Tape C) Issues | ||||||||||||
Handled Volume (1) | 220 | 178 | 24% | 215 | 201 | 7% | ||||||
Matched Volume(2) | 201 | 160 | 25% | 195 | 179 | 9% | ||||||
Total Nasdaq Listed Consolidated Volume | 2,234 | 1,700 | 31% | 2,169 | 1,822 | 19% | ||||||
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume | 9% | 9% | - | 9% | 10% | -1pt | ||||||
TOTAL ADV U.S. Cash Shares Handled | 1,596 | 1,520 | 5% | 1,566 | 1,545 | 1% |
(1) “Handled Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, ETFs and crossing session activity internally matched on NYSE Group’s exchanges or routed to and executed on an external market center.
(2) “Matched Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, ETFs and crossing session activity executed on NYSE Group’s exchanges.
U.S. Cash Rolling Three-Month Revenue Capture
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US Cash Products | $0.047 | $0.048 | $0.049 |
Euronext Cash Products and Derivatives (in 000s) |
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Euronext Cash (in trades)(1) | 1,571 | 1,391 | 13% | 1,594 | 1,378 | 16% | ||||||
Euronext Derivatives (in lots)(2) | 633 | 665 | -5% | 614 | 653 | -6% |
(1) Includes Equities, ETFs, Structured products and bonds.
(2) Includes Equity Index products, Single Stock equities, Currencies, Wheat-Milling, Rapeseed, Corn and Barley Malting futures and options products.
Euronext Quarterly Revenue Capture(1) |
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Euronext Cash Quarterly Average Revenue Capture | $0.59 | $0.55 | $0.49 | |||
Euronext Derivatives Quarterly Average Rate per Contract | $0.45 | $0.43 | $0.42 |
(1) Please note that the average euro exchange rate for 1Q14 was $1.37, 4Q13 was $1.36 and 3Q13 was $1.33 (source: Bloomberg).
Credit Derivatives Transaction and Clearing
- First quarter 2014 revenues from ICE’s credit default swap (CDS) trade execution, processing and clearing businesses totaled $43 million, compared to $33 million in the prior first quarter, and included $26 million in CDS clearing revenues, which were up from $16 million in 1Q13.
- Through March 28, ICE has cleared $51 trillion in gross notional value on a cumulative basis across 1.7 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. Buy-side clearing of CDS totaled $5.7 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ICE Clear Credit in December of 2009. ICE lists over 400 CDS instruments for clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml
March 2014 Review
- Liffe successfully launched the 30-Year Ultra Long Gilt futures contract on March 31; 2,412 contracts traded on the first day.
- ICE announced clearing for Markit iTraxx Senior Financials credit default swap (CDS) index instruments at both of its CDS clearing houses.
- Monthly total volume and ADV records were established in EU Allowance futures, UK Natural Gas futures, Russell 1000 Value Index futures and across several mini MSCI Index futures contracts.
- A daily volume record of 862,468 contracts was set on March 18 in FTSE 100 Index futures.
- Open interest records were established in Low Sulphur Gasoil futures, Sugar 16 futures, futures on the DTCC GCF Repo indices and across several mini MSCI Index futures contracts and UK Natural Gas, Newcastle Coal, Richards Bay Coal and Rotterdam Coal options contracts.
- ICE finalized the acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013. For comparison purposes NYSE Euronext volumes are included for all periods covered.
Trading days in March 2014:
- Interest Rates, UK Single Stock: 21
- Commodities, Other Financials: 21
- US Cash Equities, US Equity Options: 21
- Euronext Cash Equities, Euronext Derivatives: 21