Regulatory Filings • May 7, 2009
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European cash daily trading volume increased 15.5% to highest levels since October 2008; Record Bclear OTC volumes drive highest European derivatives trading volume since September 2008
May 7, 2009 – NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global cash equities and derivatives exchanges for April 20091 . For the month of April 2009, NYSE Euronext's handled U.S. and matched European cash trading volumes increased 38.3% and 15.5%, respectively, and U.S. options volume increased 73.6%. European derivatives volumes increased to their highest levels since September 2008, driven in part by record Bclear OTC equity products trading activity.
1 Euronext equities transactions count each buy and sell order as separate transactions, NYSE Group equities transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction. All NYSE Euronext derivatives transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction. Prior year period does not include the former Amex equities and options businesses.
NYSE Euronext U.S. cash products handled ADV in April 2009 increased 38.3% to 3.9 billion shares, compared to April 2008, but decreased 12.2% from March 2009. Year-todate, U.S. cash products handled ADV of 4.0 billion shares was 19.9% above the same period last year.
• Total Nasdaq-listed (Tape C) consolidated ADV in April 2009 increased 18.4% to 2.3 billion shares compared to 2.0 billion shares in April 2008. Year-to-date, total Tape C consolidated ADV was 2.6% below the prior year period.
• NYSE Euronext matched exchange-traded funds ADV (included in the trading volume numbers above) increased 115.1% to 571 million shares in April 2009.
NYSE Euronext matched European cash products ADV in April 2009 increased 15.5% to 1.6 million transactions, compared to April 2008, and increased 7.8% from March 2009 levels. European cash products ADV in April is at the highest level since October 2008.
NYSE Euronext European derivatives products ADV in April 2009 was 4.5 million futures and options contracts, an increase of 0.9% from April 2008 and up 9.8% from the 4.1 million contracts recorded in March 2009. April represented the highest level of derivatives trading volumes since September 2008. Year-to-date, ADV of 3.9 million contracts was 12.7% below prior year levels.
processed an average of 904 thousand contracts per day, and increase of 41.6% compared to the prior year period.
NYSE Euronext's U.S. equity options (NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex) ADV in April 2009 increased 73.6% to 2.5 million contracts compared to April 2008 and total U.S. consolidated options ADV during the same period increased 22.6% to 14.5 million contracts. NYSE Euronext U.S. equity options volume in April represented a 3.3% decline versus March 2009. Year-to-date, U.S. equity options volume of 2.3 million contracts was 28.9% above the prior year period. NYSE Euronext's U.S. options exchanges accounted for 17.0% of the total consolidated equity options trading in April 2009, up from 12.0% in April 2008, but down from the 17.4% recorded in March 2009.
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NYSE Euronext (NYX) is the world's most diverse exchange group, offering a broad and growing array of financial products and services in Europe and the United States that include cash equities, futures, options, exchange-traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. With over 8,000 listed issues globally, NYSE Euronext's equities markets -- the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca, and NYSE Amex -- represent nearly 40% of the world's cash equities trading volume, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second largest derivatives business by value of trading. NYSE Euronext offers comprehensive global commercial technology, connectivity, and market data products and services through its innovative trading solutions unit, NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information, please visit: www.nyx.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning NYSE Euronext's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on NYSE Euronext's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NYSE Euronext's results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: NYSE Euronext's ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk and U.S. and global competition, and other factors detailed in NYSE Euronext's reference document for 2008 ("document de référence") filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Registered on April 28, 2009 under No. R. 09-031), 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers. In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. Accordingly, actual results may be materially higher or lower than those projected. The inclusion of such projections herein should not be regarded as a representation by NYSE Euronext that the projections will prove to be correct. This press release speaks only as of this date. NYSE Euronext disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
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