ICE Reports Record April Futures ADV; Record Volume and ADV at ICE Futures Europe; Clears $7.9 Trillion in CDS Globally to Date

ATLANTA, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, reported strong futures volume growth in April 2010. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was a record 1,391,434 contracts, an increase of 41% from April 2009. ICE Futures Europe established its third consecutive monthly volume record, as well as a new ADV record of 939,957 contracts, up 65% on a year-to-year basis. Year-to-date through April 30, ADV across ICE's futures exchanges was 1,315,334 contracts, an increase of 32% compared to the first four months of 2009.  Total futures volume in April 2010 was 29.2 million contracts.

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April 2010 Review

• ICE Futures Europe records achieved in April:
  • The exchange set a monthly volume record of 19,739,089 contracts.
  • The exchange set a daily volume record of 1,399,536 contracts on April 13, including a record 464,381 ICE WTI Crude futures contracts.
  • The ICE WTI Crude futures contract also established monthly and ADV records of 5,676,587 and 270,314 contracts, respectively.
  • Volume and open interest records were established in emissions, coal and UK Natural Gas futures contracts.
• ICE Futures U.S. records achieved in March:
  • Russell 2000® Index options on futures set a monthly volume record of 29,946.
• Through April 30, ICE's CDS clearing houses have cleared $7.9 trillion in gross notional value on a cumulative basis on more than 160,000 transactions. ICE currently lists 209 CDS contracts for clearing.
  • ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust) has cleared $5.1 trillion of gross notional value since inception, including $158 billion in single-name CDS, resulting in open interest of $367 billion. ICE Trust now offers clearing for 35 indexes and 63 single-name instruments.
  • ICE Clear Europe has cleared €2 trillion ($2.8 trillion) of gross notional value since inception, including €238 billion in single-name CDS, resulting in €268 billion ($357 billion) of open interest. ICE Clear Europe now offers clearing for 26 indexes and 85 single-name instruments.
• On April 29, ICE's YellowJacket subsidiary announced the extension of its instant message (IM) and trade negotiation service to equity options markets.
• On April 30, ICE announced its acquisition of Climate Exchange plc, a leader in traded emissions markets and operator of European Climate Exchange (ECX), the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE).
• Trading days in April 2010:
  • ICE Futures Europe: 21
  • ICE Futures U.S.: 21
  • ICE Futures Canada: 21

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

Historical futures volume, rate per contract and OTC commission data can be found at:

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