ISE Reports Monthly Volume for August 2008

by International Securities Exchange 02 Sep 15:48

NEW YORK, September 2, 2008 – The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported that in August 2008, its options exchange traded an average daily volume of 3.5 million contracts. The ISE Stock Exchange traded an average daily volume of 67.3 million shares in the same period.

Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 2.2% to 3.5 million contracts in August as compared to 3.6 million contracts during the same period in 2007. Total options volume for the month decreased 10.7% to 73.3 million contracts from 82.1 million contracts in the same year-ago period.

On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options increased 33.5% to 4.0 million contracts traded as compared to 3.0 million contracts traded in the prior year. Total year-to-date options volume through August 2008 increased 33.5% to 680.4 million contracts from 509.6 million contracts in the same period last year.