JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Knight
Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) today released Market
Making and Knight Direct U.S. equity volumes as well as Knight
Hotspot FX foreign exchange volumes at
www.knight.com/ourfirm/volumestats.asp for the month of
April 2013.
In the first quarter of 2013, Knight modified the reporting of
Knight Direct average daily equity shares in order to provide data
specific to U.S. exchange-listed shares traded. Knight Direct
volume previously included OTC Bulletin Board and OTC Market
securities as well as European equities shares traded. In the
second quarter of 2012, the company modified the reporting of
Knight Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded volume to count one
side of the transaction. Knight Hotspot FX previously counted total
client volume to include both sides of the transaction. Knight
posts its U.S. equity market making, Knight Direct and Knight
Hotspot FX volume statistics to its web site each month, and
discloses, in quarterly SEC filings, its U.S. equity market making
revenue capture. The company's web site has been updated to show
the new monthly volume statistics dating back to the beginning of
2011.
About Knight
Knight Capital Group (NYSE Euronext: KCG)
is a global financial services firm that provides access to the
capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of
clients, including broker-dealers, institutions and corporations.
Knight is headquartered in Jersey City,
N.J. with a global presence across the Americas,
Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. For further information
about Knight, please visit www.knight.com.
SOURCE Knight Capital Group, Inc.