THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK
EXCHANGE ANNOUNCES
NOVEMBER VOLUME
For more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200
or by e-mail
PHILADELPHIA – December 6, 2007 - The Philadelphia
Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in
November jumped 52.36% when 41,047,601 contracts traded compared to
the same year-ago period when 26,941,072 contracts traded. Volume
was up 51.70 % year-to-date. Equity option volume in November was
down 2.77% compared to the previous month when 42,216,206 contracts
traded.
Average daily volume in November for equity options
reached 1,954,622, up 6.8% from last month.
PHLX market share in November was 14.51% Market share without ex-dividend
volume was 14.39%.
Equity volume for November skyrocketed 139.38% when
153,807,319 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when
64,253,015 shares traded. Equity volume for November decreased 7.60%
compared the previous month when 166,454,605 shares traded. Year-to-date
equity volume increased 105.09%.
Volume on the six newly traded World Currency Options
(WCOs) rose 31.10% in November when 557,038 contracts traded compared
to 424,911 contracts traded during the previous month.
WCOs ended November with an open interest of 717,178 contracts.
Trading volume in the customized and standardized currency options
for November totaled 289 contracts, a decrease of 73.41% compared
to the previous month when 1,087 contracts traded. Volume in November
decreased 97.39% compared to the same year-ago period when 11,066
contracts traded.
Sectors index options volume for November decreased
14.47% when 602,652 contracts traded compared to the previous month
when 704,597 contracts traded. Volume in sectors index options in
November increased 24.35% compared to same year-ago period when 484,637
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, 18 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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