NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes for April 2013

Global Derivatives ADV Up 3% Year-over-Year, Excluding Bclear

European Derivatives ADV Declined 6% Year-over-Year, Excluding Bclear

U.S. Equity Options ADV Up 10% Year-over-Year and Up 15% Sequentially

European and U.S. Cash Equities ADV Declined Year-over-Year But Rebounded Sequentially

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for April 2013¹. Global derivatives average daily volume (“ADV”) of 7 million contracts, excluding Bclear in April 2013 increased 4% compared to April 2012, and decreased 3% from March 2013. U.S. equity options volumes rebounded in April 2013 with an increase of 10% compared to April 2012 and an increase of 15% from March 2013 levels. ADV in U.S. cash equities declined 10% year-over-year, but increased 2% month-over-month. European cash equities ADV in April 2013 decreased 20% compared to April 2012, but increased 8% from March 2013 levels.

Highlights

• NYSE Euronext global derivatives ADV in April 2013 of 6.9 million contracts, excluding Bclear increased 3.2% compared to April 2012 and decreased 3.4% from March 2013 levels.
• NYSE Euronext European derivatives products ADV in April 2013 of 2.6 million contracts, excluding Bclear, decreased 5.8% compared to April 2012, and decreased 22.3% from March 2013 levels. Including Bclear, NYSE Liffe’s trade administration and clearing service for OTC products, European derivatives ADV decreased 18.2% compared to April 2012 and decreased 18.0% from March 2013.
• NYSE Euronext U.S. equity options (NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex) ADV of 4.3 million contracts in April 2013 increased 10.1% compared to April 2012 levels and increased by 14.6% from March 2013 levels. NYSE Euronext’s U.S. options exchanges accounted for 28.0% of total U.S. consolidated equity options trading in April 2013, up from 26.4% in April 2013.
• NYSE Liffe U.S. ADV of approximately 47,100 contracts decreased from 61,500 contracts in April 2012 and decreased from 78,100 contracts in March 2013.
• NYSE Euronext European cash products ADV of 1.5 million transactions in April 2013 decreased 19.8% compared to April 2012, but increased 7.5% compared to March 2013.
• NYSE Euronext U.S. cash products (NYSE, NYSE Arca and NYSE-MKT) handled ADV of 1.6 billion shares in April 2013 a decrease of 9.5% compared to April 2012, but increased 2.3% compared to March 2013. NYSE Euronext’s Tape A matched market share in April 2013 was 30.2%, down from 31.3% in April 2012 and down from 31.1% in March 2013.

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¹ All NYSE Euronext derivatives transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction. NYSE Euronext European equities transactions count each buy and sell order as separate transactions, NYSE Euronext U.S. equities transactions count buy and sell orders together as a single transaction.

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About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

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NYSE Euronext
Monthly Volume Summary
	Average Daily Volume						Total Volume						Average Daily Volume				Total Volume
(Unaudited; contracts in thousands)															% Chg vs.				% Chg vs.
	Apr-13		Apr-12		% Chg		Apr-13		Apr-12		% Chg		YTD 2013		YTD 2012		YTD 2013		YTD 2012
Number of Trading Days - European Cash	21		19				21		19				83				83
Number of Trading Days - European Derivatives	21		19				21		19				83				83
Number of Trading Days - U.S. Markets	22		20				22		20				82				82
European Derivatives Products	3,493		4,270		-18.2	%	73,352		81,127		-9.6	%	4,256		20.1	%	353,288		18.7	%
of which Bclear	856		1,471		-41.8	%	17,981		27,945		-35.7	%	876		2.7	%	72,730		1.5	%
Total Fixed Income Products	1,753		1,792		-2.2	%	36,803		34,049		8.1	%	2,497		40.4	%	207,236		38.7	%
Short Term Interest Rate Products	1,621		1,665		-2.7	%	34,036		31,636		7.6	%	2,322		42.3	%	192,745		40.6	%
Medium and Long Term Interest Rate Products^1	132		127		3.7	%	2,768		2,414		14.7	%	175		19.2	%	14,491		17.8	%
Total Equity Products^2	1,637		2,397		-31.7	%	34,379		45,538		-24.5	%	1,665		-1.2	%	138,181		-2.4	%
Individual Equity Products	1,142		1,847		-38.1	%	23,986		35,085		-31.6	%	1,135		-5.9	%	94,164		-7.1	%
Futures	766		1,325		-42.2	%	16,094		25,173		-36.1	%	687		-1.1	%	57,042		-2.2	%
Options	376		522		-28.0	%	7,892		9,913		-20.4	%	447		-12.6	%	37,122		-13.6	%
Equity Index Products	495		550		-10.0	%	10,394		10,453		-0.6	%	530		10.9	%	44,017		9.5	%
of which Bclear	856		1,471		-41.8	%	17,971		27,945		-35.7	%	875		2.5	%	72,610		1.3	%
Individual Equity Products	786		1,409		-44.2	%	16,513		26,765		-38.3	%	765		-2.2	%	63,521		-3.4	%
Futures	718		1,253		-42.7	%	15,086		23,816		-36.7	%	667		-0.8	%	55,353		-2.0	%
Options	68		155		-56.2	%	1,427		2,948		-51.6	%	98		-11.0	%	8,168		-12.0	%
Equity Index Products	69		62		11.8	%	1,458		1,180		23.5	%	109		55.6	%	9,088		53.7	%
Commodity Products	103		81		27.5	%	2,169		1,539		40.9	%	95		16.6	%	7,870		15.2	%
U.S. Derivatives Products
Equity Options^3
NYSE Euronext Options Contracts	4,298		3,903		10.1	%	94,548		78,050		21.1	%	4,249		4.3	%	348,391		4.3	%
Total Consolidated Options Contracts	15,352		14,772		3.9	%	337,754		295,434		14.3	%	15,081		-3.4	%	1,236,640		-3.4	%
NYSE Group Share of Total	28.0	%	26.4	%			28.0	%	26.4	%			28.2	%	2.1	%	28.2	%	2.1	%
NYSE Liffe U.S.
Futures and Futures Options Volume*	47.1		61.5		-23.3	%	1,036		1,291		-19.7	%	55.7		-36.5	%	4,677.5		-37.2	%
European Cash Products (trades in thousands)	1,495		1,865		-19.8	%	31,399		35,444		-11.4	%	1,407		-14.6	%	116,819		-15.6	%
Equities	1,444		1,810		-20.2	%	30,314		34,385		-11.8	%	1,356		-14.9	%	112,513		-15.9	%
Exchange-Traded Funds	14		16		-10.0	%	299		301		-0.6	%	14		-6.5	%	1,147		-7.7	%
Structured Products	33		35		-5.9	%	684		658		4.0	%	33		-5.5	%	2,703		-6.6	%
Bonds	5		5		-8.2	%	102		101		1.5	%	5		12.0	%	455		10.7	%
U.S. Cash Products (shares in millions)^5	1,555		1,719		-9.5	%	34,217		34,378		-0.5	%	1,548		-12.4	%	126,938		-12.4	%
NYSE Listed (Tape A) Issues ^4
Handled Volume ^5	1,105		1,238		-10.7	%	24,308		24,760		-1.8	%	1,116		-11.8	%	91,515		-11.8	%
Matched Volume ^6	1,065		1,170		-9.0	%	23,424		23,408		0.1	%	1,073		-10.1	%	88,027		-10.1	%
Total NYSE Listed Consolidated Volume	3,529		3,743		-5.7	%	77,641		74,867		3.7	%	3,570		-8.1	%	292,752		-8.1	%
Share of Total Consolidated Volume
Handled Volume ^5	31.3	%	33.1	%	-1.8	%	31.3	%	33.1	%	-1.8	%	31.3	%	-1.3	%	31.3	%	-1.3	%
Matched Volume ^6	30.2	%	31.3	%	-1.1	%	30.2	%	31.3	%	-1.1	%	30.1	%	-0.7	%	30.1	%	-0.7	%
NYSE Arca, MKT and Regional (Tape B) Listed Issues
Handled Volume ^5	264		253		4.3	%	5,813		5,067		14.7	%	235		-10.4	%	19,279		-10.4	%
Matched Volume ^6	243		226		7.4	%	5,351		4,530		18.1	%	217		-7.4	%	17,786		-7.4	%
Total NYSE Arca & MKT Listed Consolidated Volume	1,165		1,094		6.5	%	25,640		21,876		17.2	%	1,040		-6.8	%	85,307		-6.8	%
Share of Total Consolidated Volume
Handled Volume ^5	22.7	%	23.2	%	-0.5	%	22.7	%	23.2	%	-0.5	%	22.6	%	-0.9	%	22.6	%	-0.9	%
Matched Volume ^6	20.9	%	20.7	%	0.2	%	20.9	%	20.7	%	0.2	%	20.8	%	-0.1	%	20.8	%	-0.1	%
Nasdaq Listed (Tape C) Issues
Handled Volume ^5	186		228		-18.2	%	4,096		4,552		-10.0	%	197		-17.8	%	16,144		-17.8	%
Matched Volume ^6	168		192		-12.4	%	3,691		3,832		-3.7	%	176		-13.0	%	14,449		-13.0	%
Total Nasdaq Listed Consolidated Volume	1,689		1,704		-0.9	%	37,155		34,074		9.0	%	1,786		0.7	%	146,471		0.7	%
Share of Total Consolidated Volume
Handled Volume ^5	11.0	%	13.4	%	-2.4	%	11.0	%	13.4	%	-2.4	%	11.0	%	-2.5	%	11.0	%	-2.5	%
Matched Volume ^6	9.9	%	11.2	%	-1.3	%	9.9	%	11.2	%	-1.3	%	9.9	%	-1.5	%	9.9	%	-1.5	%
Exchange-Traded Products ^5,7
Handled Volume ^5	252		242		4.1	%	5,548		4,846		14.5	%	223		-9.7	%	18,281		-9.7	%
Matched Volume ^6	232		216		7.4	%	5,112		4,327		18.1	%	206		-6.5	%	16,873		-6.5	%
Total ETF Consolidated Volume	1,128		1,074		5.0	%	24,826		21,487		15.5	%	1,005		-7.1	%	82,381		-7.1	%
Share of Total Consolidated Volume
Handled Volume ^5	22.3	%	22.6	%	-0.3	%	22.3	%	22.6	%	-0.3	%	22.2	%	-0.6	%	22.2	%	-0.6	%
Matched Volume ^6	20.6	%	20.1	%	0.5	%	20.6	%	20.1	%	0.5	%	20.5	%	0.2	%	20.5	%	0.2	%

^1	Data includes currency products.
^2	Includes all trading activities for Bclear, NYSE Liffe's clearing service for wholesale derivatives.
^3	Includes trading in U.S. equity options contracts, not equity-index options.
^4	Includes all volume executed in NYSE Group crossing sessions.
^5	Represents the total number of shares of equity securities and ETFs internally matched on the NYSE Group's exchanges or routed to and executed at an external market center. NYSE Arca routing includes odd-lots.
^6	Represents the total number of shares of equity securities and ETFs executed on the NYSE Group's exchanges.
^7	Data included in previously identified categories.
^*	ADVs calculated with the appropriate number of NYSE Liffe U.S. trading days.
	Source: NYSE Euronext, Options Clearing Corporation and Consolidated Tape as reported for equity securities.
	All trading activity is single-counted, except European cash trading which is double counted to include both buys and sells.