ICE Sees Trading Volume Increase Across Financial Products for August 2023

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, has posted its trading data for August 2023, posting the total volumes of overall financial products of 47,287,456 contracts, 12.3% higher than 42,095,783 contracts in July 2023 and 11.7% lower than 53,540,035 contracts in August 2022.

More specifically, the exchange reported a total volume of interest rates of 40,537,057 contracts, up 12.9% compared to 35,907,901 contracts in the prior month and down 12.1% compared to 46,110,807 contracts in the same period of last year. The Average Daily Volume (ADV) of interest rates was 1,762,481 contracts, comparing to 1,709,900 contracts in July 2023 and 2,004,818 contracts in last August.

Total volume of equity indices came in at 6,148,058 contracts, up 8.9% compared to 5,645,441 contracts in the prior month, down 4.0% compared to 6,402,402 contracts in August of last year. ADV of equity indices was 267,307 contracts, comparing to 282,272 contracts in the prior month and 278,365 contracts in last August.

Total volume of FX and other financial products for August 2023 amounted to 602,341 contracts, up 11.0% compared to 542,441 contracts in July 2023 and down 41.3% compared to 1,026,826 contracts in August 2022. ADV of FX and other financial products was 26,189 contracts, comparing to 27,122 contracts in the prior month and 44,645 contracts in the same period of 2022.

Volume of total futures and options reached 134,856,019 contracts, up 15.3% compared to 116,967,043 contracts in the prior month and up 12.1% compared to 120,264,054 contracts in last August. ADV of futures and options was 5,863,305 contracts, comparing to 5,762,857 contracts in the prior month and 5,228,872 in August 2022.