ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 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.

Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding.

RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.

*Energy OI excluding U.S. power contracts for March 2014 and December 2013 were 32,154 and 34,013 contracts, respectively.

(1) “NYSE Equity Options” includes NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options trading in U.S. equity options contracts.

(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.

(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.

(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

About IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ICE delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, ICE Futures, Liffe and Euronext.

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding ICE’s business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.

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Source: IntercontinentalExchange Group