ISE Reports Monthly Volume for January 2009

by International Securities Exchange 02 Feb 15:17

NEW YORK, February 2, 2009 – The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported that in January 2009, its options exchange traded an average daily volume of 3.7 million contracts.

Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 24.3% to 3.7 million contracts in January as compared to 4.8 million contracts during the same period in 2008. Total options volume for the month decreased 27.9% to 73.2 million contracts from 101.6 million contracts in the same year-ago period. Average daily volume in January 2009 decreased 8.1% compared to average daily volume for the full year 2008.

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