Intercontinental Exchange Reports a Jump in June’s Trading Metrics

Atlanta-headquartered futures exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recently posted its trading volume and other related revenue statistics for the month of June and Q2 2021, indicating a jump in many financial metrics compared with last year.

Key highlights in June 2021:

• Total average daily volume (ADV) up 12% on a YoY basis and total open interest (OI) increased by 11% compared to the previous year

• Total Energy ADV up 7% y/y

• Total Oil ADV up 4% y/y

· Brent ADV up 10% y/y

· WTI ADV up 8% y/y

· Gasoil OI up 27% y/y

· Other crude and refined products ADV up 14% y/y

• Total natural gas ADV up 13% y/y; OI up 4% y/y 

· North American gas ADV up 13% y/y; OI up 3% y/y

· TTF gas ADV up 26% y/y; OI up 8% y/y 

• JKM ADV up 40% y/y; OI up 10% y/y

• Environmentals ADV up 23% y/y; OI up 15% y/y 

• Coffee ADV up 11% y/y; OI up 8% y/y

• Total Interest Rate ADV up 34% y/y; OI up 32% y/y

· Sterling ADV up 29% y/y; OI up 47% y/y

· Euribor ADV up 26% y/y; OI up 14% y/y

· Gilt ADV up 20% y/y; OI up 42% y/y

· SONIA ADV up 472% y/y; record OI up 533% y/y

• FTSE OI up 9% y/y

• ​U.S. Equity Options ADV up 17% y/y

Commenting on these results, Ben Jackson, President of Intercontinental Exchange, said, "The second quarter has seen record open interest reached across many of our asset classes, with particularly high activity in commodities and interest rates. ICE connects customers to some of the largest and most liquid markets available, helping them to invest and manage risk efficiently, transparently and with greater certainty."