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

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May 04, 2010, 08:30 ET

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

ICE Futures Contracts & Markets Monthly ADV
Product Line	ADV April 2010	ADV April 2009	ADV % Change
ICE Brent Crude futures & options	419,969	253,458	65.7
ICE Gasoil futures & options	186,023	118,266	57.3
ICE WTI Crude futures & options	270,392	160,618	68.3
ICE ECX emissions futures & options (1)	35,162	24,576	43.1
Other futures contracts (2)	28,411	12,593	125.6
TOTAL ICE FUTURES EUROPE	939,957	569,511	65.0
Russell 2000^® mini futures & options	152,311	151,867	0.3
Sugar No. 11 futures & options	157,892	168,135	-6.1
Other agricultural commodity contracts (3)	96,078	67,813	41.7
Currency futures (4)	24,299	7,519	223.2
Index futures (5)	824	871	-5.4
Other contracts (6)	94	260	-63.8
TOTAL ICE FUTURES U.S.	431,498	396,465	8.8
TOTAL ICE FUTURES CANADA	19,979	17,952	11.3
TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS	1,391,434	983,928	41.4%
(1) ICE ECX EUA and ICE ECX CER futures and options contracts are the result of a cooperative relationship between ICE Futures Europe and the European Climate Exchange. ICE Futures Europe shares in the transaction fee revenue derived from these contracts. (2) "Other futures contracts" include ICE Middle East Sour Crude futures; ICE ASCI Gulf Coast Sour Crude futures; ICE Heating Oil futures; ICE Unleaded Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) futures; ICE UK Natural Gas futures; ICE UK Electricity futures; ICE Coal futures; and ICE Dutch TTF Gas futures. (3) "Other agricultural commodity contracts" include futures and/or options for Cocoa, Coffee "C", Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Sugar No. 14 and Sugar No. 16. (4) "Currency futures" include futures for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange futures. (5) "Index futures" include futures for the Russell 1000^® mini, the Continuous Commodity Index, the Euro Index, and the NYSE Composite. (6) "Other contracts" include options on foreign exchange futures and options on index futures, excluding Russell 2000 mini options.

ICE Futures Year-to-Date ADV
	4-mos 2010	4-mos 2009	Percent Change
ICE Futures Europe	871,207	620,946	40.3
ICE Futures U.S.	428,361	363,100	18.0
ICE Futures Canada	15,766	15,691	0.5
Total Futures	1,315,334	999,737	31.6%

ICE Futures Monthly and Year-to-Date Volume
	April 2010	April 2009	Percent Change
ICE Futures Europe	19,739,089	11,959,728	65.0
ICE Futures U.S.	9,061,457	8,325,766	8.8
ICE Futures Canada	419,556	376,995	11.3
Total Futures	29,220,102	20,662,489	41.4%
	4-mos 2010	4-mos 2009	Percent Change
ICE Futures Europe	71,439,005	52,153,470	37.0
ICE Futures U.S.	35,125,577	29,774,185	18.0
ICE Futures Canada	1,308,555	1,302,321	0.5
Total Futures	107,873,137	83,229,976	29.6%

ICE Futures Open Interest
	April 30, 2010	December 31, 2009
ICE Futures Europe (1)	3,192,492	2,647,694
ICE Futures U.S.	2,825,186	3,375,176
ICE Futures Canada	127,206	118,181
(1) Through April 29, 2010

Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)
Product Line	Three Months Ending April 2010	Three Months Ending March 2010	Three Months Ending February 2010
ICE Futures Europe	$1.51	$1.53	$1.54
ICE Futures U.S. Ag	$2.17	$2.13	$2.15
ICE Futures U.S. Fin	$0.84	$0.92	$0.96

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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