NYSE Volume Picks Up 15%
October 10, 2012
NYSE Euronext said its U.S. stock markets handled 1.7 billion shares a day in September, up 15.3% from August.
But activity at the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca and NYSE MKT is down 34.8% from a year ago. In September 2011, the exchanges handled 2.6 billion shares a day.
The NYSE Euronext markets fared better than Nasdaq OMX’s exchanges, which include the Nasdaq Stock Market, Nasdaq PSX and Nasdaq BX. That operator reported total monthly volume of 24.3 billion shares in September.
That was 4.8% below its August volume, which Nasdaq reported at 25.5 billion shares.
And it is down 38.9% from the 39.8 billion shares Nasdaq reported for the month of September 2011.
BATS Global Markets, which operates two exchanges, showed a gain of 16.3% from August to September, with average daily volume reaching 807 million shares, from 694 million. Last September, however, volume was 1.0 billion shares a day, 21.0% greater than this September.
Direct Edge, which also operates two exchanges, reported a 31.2% gain from August to September. Average daily volume in September, it said, was 769 million shares, up from 586 million.
A year ago, Direct Edge had average daily volume of 932 million shares for September. That was 17.5% greater than this year’s level of activity.
NYSE Euronext said its global derivatives volume also was up over last month but down from a year ago.
Average daily volume in September of 7.7 million contracts, worldwide, was 19.4% up from August, but 19.4% down from September 2011.
U.S. equity options volume of 4.1 million contracts a day in September 2012 was down 10.2% compared to September 2011 levels, but up 33.5% from August 2012.
