FMX | Connect – www.fmxconnect.com - (Reported 5/19/2010)
· CME volumes are up +56% y/y; with IR up +61%, Equity Index up +43%, Energy up +54%, FX up +150%, Comm & Alt Invst up +5% and Metals up +89%.
· ICE Futures volumes are up +57% y/y and ICE OTC energy predicted volumes are up +26% y/y (according to ERDesk LogN correlation model to Clearport products).
· US Equities volumes are up +9% y/y; with Tape A up +8% y/y, Tape B down -1% y/y and Tape C up +23% y/y
· US Options volumes are up +32% y/y; market shares: PHLX down -250bps m/m, CBOE up +200bps m/m, AMEX down -150bps m/m, NSDQ up +120bps m/m, NYSE up +60bps m/m and ISE +50bps m/m
· Eurex volumes are up +97% y/y and Xetra up +83% y/y.
· Bovespa Cash volumes are up +31% y/y and BM&F volumes are up +80% y/y
· Asian Cash volumes are down, with HKEx -14% y/y and SGX -16% y/y. Derivatives volumes are up, with HKEx +3% y/y and SGX +11% y/y.
Source: ERDESK
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