BATS Europe Dark Pool Surpasses euro 100 Million Daily Turnover for 1st Time

LONDON and KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BATS Europe, the technology-leading European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), continued to set records this month, crossing the euro 100 million turnover mark in its Dark Pool for the first time on Tuesday, 20th April with euro 100,758,149 traded.

Other records of note established in April include new market share highs for the FTSE100 (11.7% on the 12th), the FTSE 250 (8.7% on the 14th), the SMI (9.7% on the 14th) and the OMXH25 (6.1% on the 16th). 

"We're pleased to continue a record-setting year and that our increasing number of participants are benefitting from the great technology and aggressive simple pricing in our Dark and Integrated markets," said BATS Europe COO Paul O'Donnell.

Mr. O'Donnell will appear at the TradeTech conference Thursday in London as part of the panel "Assessing the Impact of Broker and MTF Dark Pools on Price Formation and Liquidity Discovery." BATS Europe representatives will also be on hand during the entirety of the event and welcome conference participants to visit the company booth at Stand #18.

BATS Europe's market share display page, often cited by journalists and analysts for all markets, is available here. Historical breakdowns by index and venue, including interactive graphs and charts, are available via this link.

About BATS

BATS Global Markets (BATS) is an innovative global financial markets technology company headquartered in the Kansas City, Mo., area with additional offices in New York and London. The BATS platform was launched in January 2006 and, operating as BATS Exchange, Inc., is a premier destination among the top ranked equity markets in the United States. BATS serves the European market through its London based, FSA-authorised subsidiary, BATS Europe, which operates a Multilateral Trading Facility for European securities. Most recently, BATS launched a US equity options market, BATS Options, and expects to launch a second US equities exchange, BYX, in summer 2010. The BATS platform is internally developed by a dedicated core team of market and technology professionals, catering to the needs of the broker-dealer and trading community. BATS ...  Making Markets Better.

SOURCE BATS Global Markets

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