* NYSE Euronext’s four European cash equities exchanges traded an average daily volume of 1.8 million transactions[1] in September 2008, up 44.4% compared to September 2007. Based on total monthly cash volume of 40.7 million transactions, September was the second-busiest month ever for trading in Euronext’s cash equity markets. Pack Epsilon, a dedicated pricing package for high frequency traders launched on July 1, accounted for approximately 30% of total European equity volumes in September.
* NYSE Euronext’s U.S. cash equities exchanges, NYSE and NYSE Arca, reported average daily volume of 4.4 billion shares handled[2]during September, an increase of 71.5% versus the same period last year. NYSE Euronext’s U.S. cash equities exchanges experienced their most active month, week and days in history, including an all-time NYSE Group trading record of 7.3 billion shares handled on Sept. 18. NYSE Group's matched market share increased in NYSE-listed, NYSE Arca & Amex-listed and Nasdaq-listed shares in September 2008 versus August 2008.
Global Derivatives:
* NYSE Euronext’s derivatives trading operations on Liffe traded average daily volume of 4.8 million contracts in September; or 3.8 million contracts excluding Bclear. Bclear processed an average daily volume of 1.0 million equity derivative contracts, an increase of 36.1% versus September 2007. Based on total monthly volume for all European derivative operations, Liffe experienced its busiest month ever, trading a total of 106 million futures and options contracts, up 10.3% from September last year. Liffe also registered a record volume day on Sept. 16 with over 9.9 million contracts transacted.
* NYSE Arca Options traded an average daily volume of 2.0 million contracts during the month, an increase of 65.7% compared to September 2007. In addition, NYSE Arca Options’ market share increased in September 2008 versus August 2008. For equity options trading in the SEC Penny Pilot program, NYSE Arca Options executed 13.6% of all eligible issues in September2008.
Global Listings:
* In September, NYSE Euronext’s markets added 60 new corporate listings: 56 in the U.S. and four in Europe.
* The NYSE listed two structured products, while NYSE Arca listed 49 Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) and European markets listed 26 ETPs, excluding the turnover in warrants and certificates, bringing the total number of Exchange Traded Products listed on all NYSE Euronext markets to 754.
