ATLANTA & NEW YORK, USA – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today reported December, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at https://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.
“Throughout 2021, and particularly during the fourth quarter, we saw consistently high volumes as customers navigated volatile gas and carbon markets, as well as interest rate uncertainty,” said Ben Jackson, President of ICE.
“In periods such as these, our diverse and liquid futures markets are mission critical for companies to manage their risk, and the resulting impact on end consumers.”
ICE – Highlights include:
- Energy average daily volume (ADV) up 7% y/y in December, up 17% in 4Q21 and up 2% in 2021
- Total Oil ADV up 10% y/y in December, up 23% y/y in 4Q21 and up 3% in 2021
- Brent open interest (OI) up 5% y/y; ADV up 22% y/y in December, up 29% y/y in 4Q21 and record 2021 ADV up 6% y/y
- WTI OI up 23% y/y; ADV up 20% y/y in 4Q21 and up 2% in 2021
- Heating Oil OI up 2% y/y including record OI of 43.5 thousand contracts on 12/2/2021; ADV up 20% y/y in December, up 31% y/y in 4Q21 and record 2021 ADV up 4% y/y
- Other Crude & Refined products ADV up 4% y/y in December, up 14% y/y in 4Q21 and up 2% in 2021ntercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today reported December, Fourth Quarter and
- Total Natural Gas OI up 2% y/y; ADV up 4% in 4Q21
- TTF OI up 16% y/y; ADV up 55% y/y in December, Record 4Q21 ADV up 69% and record 2021 ADV up 45% y/y in 2021
- Record Environmentals OI of 3.2 million contracts on 12/14/2021; Record December ADV up 72% y/y, Record 4Q21 ADV up 48% y/y and record 2021 ADV up 26% y/y
- Total Oil ADV up 10% y/y in December, up 23% y/y in 4Q21 and up 3% in 2021
- Ags & Metals OI up 4% y/y
- Coffee OI up 22% y/y; ADV up 10% y/y in December and up 10% y/y in 4Q21
- Cocoa OI up 22% y/y; ADV up 5% y/y in December and up 8% y/y in 4Q21
- Cotton OI up 17% y/y; ADV up 2% y/y in December, up 16% y/y in 4Q21 and up 5% in 2021
- Total Interest Rate¹ ADV up 43% in 4Q21 and up 13% in 2021
- Euribor OI up 64% y/y; ADV up 21% y/y in December, up 69% y/y in 4Q21 and up 10% y/y in 2021
- Net Sterling/SONIA1 ADV up 21% y/y in 4Q21 and up 16% y/y in 2021
- Record SONIA OI of 7 million contracts; Record December ADV of 195.1 thousand contracts, Record 4Q21 ADV of 269.2 thousand contracts and record 2021 ADV of 178 thousand contracts
- NYSE equity options ADV up 19% y/y in December, up 33% y/y in 4Q21 and up 40% y/y in 2021
Notes:
¹ Interest rate ADV has been adjusted to reflect a common contract size between Sterling and SONIA for comparison purposes.