ICE Futures US Sets Daily Volume Record in MSCI and Russell Equity Index Contracts
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of
exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Futures U.S.
reached a daily volume record in the mini MSCI
Index futures complex, the mini MSCI
EAFE Index contract, and the Russell
1000 Value Index mini contract on Friday, September 12, 2014.
The mini MSCI Index futures complex traded 305,238 contracts on
September 12; the previous record of 290,427 contracts was set on June
16, 2014, at that time on the NYSE Liffe US platform. Mini MSCI EAFE
Index futures traded 139,164 contracts on September 12; the previous
record of 77,471 contracts was set on June 13, 2014, at that time on the
NYSE Liffe US platform. The Russell 1000 Value Index mini futures traded
15,019 contracts; the previous record was 13,530 contracts on March 13,
2014.
ICE Futures U.S. and Liffe host a broad range of MSCI contracts
including more than 80 futures and options based on MSCI geographic,
sector and factor indices across emerging and developed markets. In
addition to the flagship MSCI World, MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI
Europe index futures, ICE offers benchmark futures and options based on
an extensive range of international equity indices, including the FTSE
100 and Russell 2000 and 1000 indices.
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December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.
SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange
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Source: Intercontinental Exchange