[December 03, 2014]

Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for November 2014; Natural Gas ADV up 19% year on year

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported monthly exchange traded volumes.

In November, futures and options average daily volume (ADV) declined 14% and cash equities ADV increased 9% over the prior November.

• Commodity ADV increased 12%, with energy ADV up 13% driven by Natural Gas, Brent, Other Oil and Gasoil ADV, up 19%, 10%, 19% and 4%, respectively, from the prior year period.
• Financials ADV declined 38% from the prior November due to continued low volatility in Continental European short-term interest rates.
• NYSE's U.S. cash equities ADV increased 9% while U.S. equity options ADV decreased 19% over the prior November.
• U.S. cash equities market share was 23.7% and U.S. options market share was 21.3% for the month.

Financial and Reporting Update

• For all quarters of 2014, adjusted earnings per share (EPS), which excludes amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, should be used when calculating full year EPS. These figures, as well as comparable quarterly adjusted EPS for 2013, can be found in the updated 3Q14 Income Statement Summary on the Quarterly Results page.
• Following the October 8 closing of ICE's acquisition of SuperDerivatives, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2014, the majority of SuperDerivatives forecasted quarterly revenue of $15-16 million will be included in market data revenues.

RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix. RPC is subject to revision based on final numbers.

(1) "NYSE Equity Options" includes NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca (News - Alert) Options trading in U.S. equity options contracts.

Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Transaction and Clearing

• Through November 28, ICE has cleared $60 trillion in gross notional value of CDS on a cumulative basis across 2.1 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. Buy-side clearing of CDS totaled $10 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ICE Clear Credit in December of 2009. ICE lists over 500 CDS instruments for clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear-credit

November 2014 Review

• Daily volume records were established in Low Sulphur Gasoil futures, TTF Natural Gas and Dutch Power futures, Heating Oil futures and Russell 2000 Growth futures contracts.
• A total monthly volume record was set in the Russell 2000 Growth futures contract.
• Open interest records were established in Brent, Gasoil, Rotterdam Coal, Richards Bay Coal, Newcastle Coal and Cocoa options contracts and in the Russell 2000 Growth futures contract.
• On November 17, ICE completed the Liffe transition to ICE Futures Europe.
• ICE announced the expected March 2015 launch of ICE Futures Singapore and ICE Clear Singapore, subject to regulatory approval.
• ICE Endex introduced Belgian ZTP natural gas futures, further extending ICE's European natural gas products.
• ICE Benchmark Administration was named the new administrator of LBMA Gold price, a widely used international pricing medium used by producers, consumers, investors and central banks.
• ICE Futures Europe announced that it launched two gasoline contracts on December 1.

Trading days in November 2014:

• Interest Rates, Single Stock Equity Derivatives: 20
• Commodities, Other Financials: 19
• US Cash Equities, US Equity Options: 19

ICE closed the acquisition of NYSE on November 13, 2013. For comparison purposes NYSE volumes are included for all periods covered.

About Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ICE delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and ICE Futures.

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Russell® and the Russell indexes are trademarks and service marks of the Russell Investment Group and are used under license. FTSE® and the FTSE indexes are trademarks and service marks of the London Stock Exchange plc and Financial Times (News - Alert) Limited and are used under license. MSCI® and the MSCI indexes are trademarks and service marks of MSCI Inc. or its affiliates and are used under license.

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 (News - Alert)) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.

SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange

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