ICE Reports Record Total Futures and Options Open Interest of 84.5 Million Contracts
May 25 2021 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
Total Open Interest +8% y/y
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global
provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today
announced record open interest of approximately 84.5 million
contracts on May 21, 2021, surpassing the previous record set on
March 12, 2020.
This record depth of liquidity across ICE’s markets is being
driven by a broad range of products including:
- Open interest across ICE’s global environmental complex is up
13% year-over-year (“y/y”) across futures and options, reflecting
the importance of ICE’s leading environmental markets to price
climate risk;
- Interest Rate futures and options open interest is up 32% y/y.
Open interest in Sterling and SONIA futures and options is up 56%
y/y and more than 200% y/y, respectively; Euribor open interest is
up 5% y/y; and open interest in ICE Gilt futures and options, the
highly liquid market benchmark for UK Government Bonds, is up 47%
y/y; and
- Open interest in futures and options on FTSE Equity Indices is
up 8% y/y.
“ICE’s global network connects our customers to some of the
deepest and most liquid markets available across an incredible
range of asset classes,” said Ben Jackson, President of
Intercontinental Exchange. “Our solutions and technology provide
our customers with the tools they need to effectively manage their
risk whether they are seeking to hedge against interest rate moves,
climate risk, equity indices, or changing commodity prices”.
ICE started by digitizing the energy markets to provide greater
price transparency. Today, our global exchanges and clearing
services connect participants across major asset classes. Built on
a foundation of expertise, extensive and varied data sets and
execution technology, our global network spans the financial
system. We help market participants invest, hedge and raise capital
with comprehensive market and reference data tools, supported by
ICE’s trusted clearing risk frameworks.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune
500 company that designs, builds and operates digital networks to
connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and
data services across major asset classes that offer our customers
access to mission-critical workflow tools that increase
transparency and operational efficiencies. We operate
exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, and
clearing houses that help people invest, raise capital and
manage risk across multiple asset classes. Our comprehensive fixed
income data services and execution capabilities provide
information, analytics and platforms that help our customers
capitalize on opportunities and operate more efficiently. At ICE
Mortgage Technology, we are transforming and digitizing the
U.S. residential mortgage process, from consumer engagement through
loan registration. Together, we transform, streamline and automate
industries to connect our customers to opportunity.
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“Key Information Documents (KIDS).”
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding
ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion
of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as
filed with the SEC on February 4, 2021.
ICE- CORP Source: Intercontinental Exchange
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