THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK
EXCHANGE ANNOUNCES
OCTOBER VOLUME
For more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200
or by e-mail
PHILADELPHIA – November 6, 2007
- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity
option volume in October jumped 59.25% when 42,216,206 contracts traded
compared to the same year-ago period when 26,510,197 contracts traded.
Volume was up 51.62% year-to-date. Equity option volume in October
was up 46.07% compared to the previous month when 28,901,559 contracts
traded.
Average daily volume in October for equity options reached 1,835,487contracts.
PHLX market share in October was 15.74% Market share without ex-dividend
volume was 15.52%.
Equity volume for October skyrocketed 122.84% when 166,454,605 shares
traded compared to the same year-ago period when 74,695,733 shares
traded. Equity volume for October increased 16.63% compared the previous
month when 142,715,588 shares traded. Year-to-date equity volume increased
101.73%.
Volume on the six newly traded World Currency Options (WCOs) rose
79.57% in October when 424,911 contracts traded compared to 236,633
contracts traded during the previous month.
WCOs ended October with an open interest of 530,428contracts.
Trading volume in the customized and standardized currency options
for October totaled 1,087 contracts, a decrease of 36.28% compared
to the previous month when 1,706 contracts traded. Volume in October
decreased 88.49% compared to the same year-ago period when 9,445 contracts
traded.
Sectors index options volume for October increase 24.04% when 704,597
contracts traded compared to the previous month when 568,018 contracts
traded. Volume in sectors index options in October increased 18.89%
compared to same year-ago period when 592,661 contracts traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 17 sectors, among them
are: KBW Bank Index (BKXSM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index
(MFXSM); KBW Regional Banking Index (KRXSM);
PHLX Drug SectorSM (RXSSM); PHLX Gold/Silver
SectorSM (XAUSM); PHLX Oil Service SectorSM
(OSXSM); PHLX Defense SectorSM (DFXSM);
TheStreet.com Internet Sector (DOTSM); PHLX Semiconductor
SectorSM (SOXSM); PHLX Utility SectorSM
(UTYSM); PHLX Housing SectorSM (HGXSM);
SIG Coal Producers Index™ (SCPSM); SIG Oil &
Exploration Index™ (EPXSM); and the SIG Steel Producers
Index™ (STQSM); and Hapoalim American Israeli Index™
(HAI).
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790.
The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,520 equity options, 17 sectors
index options, options on all major currencies, and futures through
its subsidiary, The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT). For more information
about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
SIG Investment Managers Index™
is a trademark of Susquehanna Indices, LLP.
SMQSM is a service mark of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.The
PHLX trades iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXISM).
This is the first time investors in the United States and abroad are
able to track the performance of the largest and most widely traded
Chinese stocks by mirroring the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, which
captures the top Chinese stocks available to international investors
by total market capitalization.SIG Casino Gaming
Index, SIG Semiconductor Capital Equipment Index™ and SIG Semiconductor
Device™ Index are trademarks of SIG Indices, LLLP. SGVSM, SEZSM
and SDLSM are service marks of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange,
Inc.
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