TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics – December 2014
January 6, 2015 (TORONTO) – TMX Group Limited today announced December 2014 trading statistics for its marketplaces – ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha, Montreal Exchange (MX) and NGX.
Total TMX equities trading volume in December 2014 increased 33% compared to November 2014, and increased 30% compared to December 2013. Total trading volume in 2014 increased 2% compared to 2013.
Trading volume on ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú in December 2014 increased 43% compared to the previous month, and increased 58% compared to December 2013. Total trading volume was up 5% in 2014 compared to the previous year.
Volume on TSX Venture Exchange increased 12% in December 2014 compared to the previous month, but decreased 12% compared to December 2013. Overall trading volume in 2014 increased 5% compared to 2013.
Trading volume on TMX Select in December 2014 increased 38% compared to the previous month, and increased 21% compared to December 2013. Total trading volume was up 42% compared to 2013.
Alpha trading volume in December 2014 increased 23% compared to the previous month, and increased 10% compared to the same month a year earlier. Overall trading volume for 2014 decreased 18% compared to 2013.
In December 2014, volume on MX increased 16% compared to the previous month, and increased 29% compared to the same month a year earlier. Total volume in 2014 increased 6% compared to 2013. The level of open interest contracts at the end of December 2014 decreased 1% compared to the end of November 2014, but increased 19% compared to the end of December 2013. On December 12, 2014, MX achieved a new open interest record of 5,880,291 contracts traded, which surpassed the previous record of 5,682,741 set on November 20, 2014.
Volume on NGX in December 2014 decreased 2% compared to the previous month, but increased 21% compared to December 2013. In 2014 total trading volume was up 4% compared to the previous year.
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TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha Group, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montreal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Natural Gas Exchange, BOX Options Exchange, Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S. markets (New York, Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London, Beijing and Sydney. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at . Follow TMX Group on Twitter at .
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