ISE Reports Monthly Volume for November 2009

by International Securities Exchange 01 Dec 15:57

NEW YORK, December 1, 2009 – The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 3.1 million contracts in November 2009.

Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 11.0% to 3.1 million contracts in November as compared to 3.4 million contracts during the same period in 2008. Total options volume for the month decreased 6.3% to 61.1 million contracts from 65.2 million contracts in the same year-ago period.

On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 4.7% to 3.9 million contracts traded. Total year-to-date options volume through November 2009 decreased 5.1% to 900.4 million contracts from 949.1 million contracts in the same period last year.