LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of
exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that daily volume records
were reached in Liffe Long Gilt futures and Ultra Long Gilt futures with
1,042,074 contracts and 5,118 contracts traded respectively on August
26, 2014.
The prior daily volume record of 905,515 Long Gilt futures contracts was
set on May 27, 2014; and Ultra Long Gilt futures reached a previous
daily volume record on May 28, 2014 with 4,702 contracts traded.
The 10 year Long Gilt futures contract, which was established in 1982,
has seen consistent annual growth, with an average daily volume in 2014
year to date of 166,744 contracts. Open interest currently stands at
483,329 contracts as of August 26, 2014.
To support the trading community’s exposure to longer dated UK debt,
Liffe launched the 30 year Ultra Long Gilt futures contract in March
2014. Open interest currently stands at 5,489 contracts as of August 26,
2014.
Liffe offers the most liquid and capital efficient platform for trading
and clearing UK Gilt and European government bond futures contracts,
with trading, risk management and margin offsets available across the
sovereign curves.
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markets. ICE delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data,
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through its portfolio of exchanges, including the New York Stock
Exchange, ICE Futures and Liffe.
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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
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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.
SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange
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