The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that 33,131,940 equity option contracts traded in February, an increase of 37.34%, compared to the same year-ago period when 24,124,606 contracts traded. Equity option volume in February was down 37.52% compared to last month when 53,023,914 contracts traded.
Market share for equity options in February was 14.82%. The average daily volume for equity options was 1,665,697 contracts.
Volume on the six World Currency Options (WCOs) soared 2588.56% in February when 350,830 contracts traded compared to 13,049 contracts during the same year-ago period. Volume decreased 48.22% compared to the previous month when 677,576 contracts traded.
Index options volume for February increased 0.02% when 431,030 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 430,940 contracts traded. Volume in index options in February decreased 28.27% compared to the previous month when 600,900 contracts traded.
Equity volume for February increased 28.17% when 124,828,809 shares traded compared to the same year-ago period when 97,396,887 shares traded. Equity volume for February decreased 23.97% compared to the previous month when 164,183,312 shares traded.
PHLX currently lists options on 17 sectors, among them are: PHLX/KBW Bank Index (BKXSM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (MFXSM); KBW Regional Banking Index (KRXSM); PHLX Drug SectorSM (RXSSM); PHLX Gold/Silver SectorSM (XAUSM); PHLX Oil Service SectorSM (OSXSM); PHLX Defense SectorSM (DFXSM); TheStreet.com Internet Sector (DOTSM); PHLX Semiconductor SectorSM (SOXSM); PHLX Utility SectorSM (UTYSM); PHLX Housing SectorSM (HGXSM); SIG Coal Producers IndexTM (SCPSM); SIG Oil & Exploration IndexTM (EPXSM); and the SIG Steel Producers IndexTM (STQSM).
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 7,000 stocks, 2,639 equity options, 17 sectors index options, options on all major currencies, and futures through its subsidiary, The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT). For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.