[February 04, 2015]

Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for January 2015

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

ICE's January 2015 average daily volume (ADV) declined 7% compared to January 2014.

• Commodity ADV increased 7% led by Brent, Gasoil and Other Oil up 42%, 9% and 51%, respectively, from the prior January.
• Financials ADV declined 22% from the previous January primarily due to continued low Continental European short-term interest rates, partially offset by a 6% increase in equity index ADV.

ADV for NYSE's U.S. cash equities increased 19%, while U.S. equity options ADV declined 26% over the prior January. NYSE's U.S. cash equities market share increased 3 percentage points to 23.9% and NYSE's U.S. options market share was 18.3%.

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.

Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Transaction and Clearing

• Through January 31, ICE has cleared $62 trillion in gross notional value of CDS on a cumulative basis across 2.2 million trades with open interest of $1.5 trillion. Buy-side clearing of CDS totaled $11.5 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.

January 2015 Business Review

• Daily volume records were established in ICE Endex TTF Natural Gas futures and options, NBP Natural Gas futures and options, Low Sulphur Gasoil futures, three month Euro Swiss Franc futures, Rotterdam Coal options and California Carbon Allowance futures and options.
• Total monthly volume and ADV records were established in Brent futures, UK Natural Gas futures, TTF Natural Gas futures and options, Belgian Power futures, Coal Rotterdam options and California Carbon Allowance futures and options. A monthly ADV record was also set in WTI options.
• Open interest records were set in Brent futures and options, UK Natural Gas options, TTF Natural Gas futures, Newcastle Coal options and USDX futures.
• ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) announced the introduction of a new calculation methodology for ISDAFIX from February 16, 2015 and the appointment of Mary John Miller to its Board of Directors.
• The ICE Gasoil futures contract (G) successfully transitioned to a low sulphur specification.
• ICE introduced CDS clearing for additional sovereign single names including Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain at ICE Clear Credit and Austria and Belgium at ICE Clear Europe.
• ICE Futures Europe announced it expects to introduce a new euro currency cocoa contract in April 2015.
• ICE added five new currency pairs to its line-up of nearly 60 currency contracts including the most widely recognized U.S. dollar benchmark.
• The New York Stock Exchange made a minority investment in Coinbase, a leading bitcoin wallet platform.
• NYSE and MYRA Capital announced the launch of the new NYSE Dynamic Allocation Indices family.
• ICE will report fourth quarter 2014 earnings on February 5, 2015.

Trading days in January 2015:

• Interest Rates, Single Stock Equity Derivatives: 21
• Commodities, Other Financials: 20
• US Cash Equities, US Equity Options: 20

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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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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