ICE Reports Futures Volume for April; Year-to-date ADV up 15%

ATLANTA, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, reported futures volume in April 2011. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was 1,277,550 contracts, a decline of 8% from April 2010. Year-to-date through April 30, ADV across ICE's futures exchanges was 1,518,454 contracts, an increase of 15% compared to the first four months of 2010.  Total futures volume in April 2011 was 25.6 million contracts. Volume in April was largely impacted by the U.K. calendar, which this year included two consecutive four-day holiday weekends.

April 2011 Review

• ICE Futures Europe records:
  • The exchange established an open interest record of 3,966,528 contracts on April 11.
  • ICE Brent Crude options and ICE WTI Crude options established open interest records of 245,647 and 191,891 contracts, respectively.
  • The ICE ECX CER futures contract established an open interest record of 183,418 contracts.
• On April 1, ICE and NASDAQ OMX proposed an acquisition of NYSE Euronext for $42.50 per share, a substantial premium to Deutsche Boerse's proposal. ICE and NASDAQ OMX reiterated their commitment to NYSE Euronext shareholders on April 10, April 19, April 21, April 26 and May 2.
• On April 12, ICE announced a partnership to launch BRIX, a Brazilian marketplace for electric power, with anticipated launch in June 2011.
• ICE announced the May 16 introduction of 19 cleared natural gas products.
• Through April 26, ICE's CDS clearing houses have cleared $17.8 trillion in gross notional value on a cumulative basis across 490,088 transactions. ICE currently lists 295 CDS contracts for clearing.
  • ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust) reached $10.6 trillion in gross notional value cleared as of April 26, including $799 billion in single-name CDS, resulting in open interest of $624 billion. ICE Trust offers clearing for 41 indexes and 109 single-name contracts.
  • ICE Clear Europe has cleared euro 5.3 trillion ($7.2 trillion) of gross notional value since inception, including euro 838 billion ($1.1 trillion) in single-name CDS, resulting in euro 520 billion ($758 billion) of open interest. ICE Clear Europe offers clearing for 34 indexes and 111 single-name contracts.
• Trading days in April 2011:
  • ICE Futures Europe: 20
  • ICE Futures U.S.: 20
  • ICE Futures Canada: 20
  • Chicago Climate Futures Exchange: 20

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

Historical futures volume and OTC commission data can be found at: http://ir.theice.com/supplemental.cfm

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IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) is a leading operator of regulated futures exchanges and over-the-counter markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index contracts. ICE Futures Europe hosts trade in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures. ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Canada list agricultural, currencies and Russell Index markets. ICE is also a leading operator of central clearing services for the futures and over-the-counter markets, with five regulated clearing houses across North America and Europe. ICE serves customers in more than 70 countries. www.theice.com

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