BATS Europe, an innovative and technology-leading European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), continued its record-setting month, trading €2 billion notional value for the first time on Thursday 21st January.
The fast-growing MTF, which launched less than 15 months ago, saw pan-European trading volume of €2,132,263,886 Thursday, surpassing the previous notional record of €1,859,518,213, recorded just one day earlier. Also on Thursday, BATS Europe recorded market share of 5.03%, the second-best effort in its history.
Other records of note established in January include new records for overall pan-European market share (5.18% on 6th January), the FTSE100 (10.18% on the 6th), the FTSE MIB (9.9% on the 6th), the DAX (5.76% on the 20th), the SMI (4.27% on the 20th) and the STOXX50 (5.80% on the 20th).
“We’re pleased to continue this record pace, particularly in indices such as the SMI, where volume and market share have grown exponentially in the past several weeks,” said BATS Europe CEO Mark Hemsley.
BATS Europe’s market share display page, often cited by journalists and analysts for all markets, is available here. Historical breakdowns by index and venue, including interactive graphs and charts, are available via this link.