INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC 
By ATLANTA, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for December 2012, the fourth quarter of 2012 and the full year 2012. ICE's December 2012 and fourth quarter of 2012 average daily volume (ADV) increased 1% and declined 1% compared to December 2011 and the fourth quarter of 2011, respectively. Total contract volume in 2012 reached 847 million contracts, up 10% from 2011. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the converted futures contracts, which previously traded as swaps in ICE's OTC markets.
Credit Transaction Revenues
-- Fourth quarter revenues from ICE's credit default swap (CDS) trade
execution, processing and clearing business totaled $36 million,
compared to $41 million in the prior fourth quarter, and included $19
million in CDS clearing revenues.
-- For 2012, total CDS revenues were $144 million compared to $167 million
in 2011.
December 2012 Review
-- On December 20, ICE announced a definitive agreement to acquire NYSE
Euronext in a stock and cash transaction to create a premier global
exchange.
-- ICE and London-based LIFFE announced a clearing services agreement in
which ICE Clear Europe will provide clearing services to NYSE Liffe.
-- For the third consecutive year, ICE has been recognized as the "Best
Exchange - EU Emissions Trading Scheme" by the Environmental Finance and
Carbon Finance Magazine.
-- The 2013 calendar for EU emissions auctions on ICE Futures Europe was
announced.
-- ICE's fourth quarter and full year earnings results will be released on
February 6, 2013.
ICE Futures Contracts & Markets ADV
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Product Line (Futures & Options) ADV ADV ADV ADV ADV ADV
Dec Dec % Change Full Year Full Year % Change
2012 2011 2012 2011
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ICE Brent 458,839 382,268 20.0 620,373 532,731 16.5
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ICE Gasoil 166,763 190,253 -12.3 254,691 262,705 -3.1
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ICE Other Oil (1)* 174,037 145,189 19.9 204,965 245,993 -16.7
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ICE OIL 799,639 717,710 11.4 1,080,029 1,041,429 3.7
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ICE Natural Gas* 1,030,241 1,324,889 -22.2 1,448,878 1,294,964 11.9
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ICE Power* 496,306 269,550 84.1 379,002 248,138 52.7
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ICE Emissions & Other (2) 49,127 34,946 40.6 41,876 34,718 20.6
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TOTAL ENERGY 2,375,313 2,347,095 1.2 2,949,786 2,619,250 12.6
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ICE Sugar 86,715 72,029 20.4 128,238 124,820 2.7
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ICE Other Ags (3) 88,702 75,977 16.7 119,355 107,463 11.1
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TOTAL AGRICULTURAL 175,417 148,006 18.5 247,593 232,283 6.6
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ICE Equity Index (4) 136,616 173,092 -21.1 133,564 176,267 -24.2
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ICE FX (5) 33,146 32,313 2.6 29,443 36,288 -18.9
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TOTAL FINANCIALS 169,762 205,405 -17.4 163,007 212,555 -23.3
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TOTAL FUTURES & OPTIONS 2,720,492 2,700,506 0.7 3,360,386 3,064,088 9.7
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Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding.
(1) "ICE Other Oil" includes futurized oil contracts, WTI, Heating Oil, RBOB Gasoline and Middle East Sour Crude. Excludes Daily Brent Bullet contracts.
(2) "ICE Emissions & Other" includes all emissions contracts, freight, coal and iron ore and uranium.
(3) "ICE Other Ags" includes Cocoa, Coffee "C", Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, Barley and Canola.
(4) "ICE Equity Index" includes the Russell 2000®, Russell 1000®, and the Continuous Commodity Index.
(5) "ICE FX" includes the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange.
*Historical volume has been adjusted to include transitioned energy futures contracts.
ICE Futures Fourth Quarter ADV and Total Volume
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Futures & Options Products
ADV ADV Percent Volume Volume Percent
4Q12 4Q11 Change 4Q12 4Q11 Change
--- ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------
Energy* 2,774,918 2,754,468 0.7 177,594,762 173,531,512 2.3
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Agricultural 203,933 179,919 13.3 13,012,880 11,294,551 15.2
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Financials 142,155 205,888 -31.0 9,097,919 12,970,916 -29.9
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TOTAL CONTRACTS 3,121,006 3,140,275 -0.6 199,705,561 197,796,979 1.0
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*Historical energy volume has been adjusted to include transitioned energy futures contracts.
ICE Futures Monthly and YTD Volume
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Futures & Options Products
December December Percent Full Year Full Year Percent
2012 2011 Change 2012 2011 Change
--- ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------
Energy* 47,506,257 49,288,994 -3.6 743,345,947 660,051,036 12.6
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Agricultural 3,487,287 3,087,463 12.9 62,353,085 58,478,008 6.6
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Financials 3,395,244 4,313,499 -21.3 41,077,838 53,563,960 -23.3
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TOTAL CONTRACTS 54,388,788 56,689,956 -4.1 846,776,870 772,093,004 9.7
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*Historical energy volume has been adjusted to include transitioned energy futures contracts.
Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)
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Three Months Three Months Three Months
Futures &
Options
Products Ending Ending Ending
December 2012 November 2012 October 2012
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Energy* $1.07 $1.08 $1.08
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Agricultural* $2.47 $2.43 $2.40
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Financials $1.00 $1.01 $1.01
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*Historical energy RPC has been adjusted to include transitioned energy futures contracts and agricultural RPC has been adjusted to include Canadian contracts.
ICE Futures & Options Open Interest
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December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011
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Energy* 70,108,837 53,518,772
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Agricultural 2,502,583 2,292,279
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Financials 463,058 531,162
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*Historical energy open interest has been updated to include new energy futures contracts.
-- Through December 31, ICE's CDS clearing houses have cleared $36 trillion
in gross notional value on a cumulative basis across 1.1 million trades.
ICE Clear Credit has cleared $2.1 trillion in single-name CDS resulting
in open interest of $842 billion. ICE Clear Europe has cleared EUR1.6
trillion ($2.1 trillion) in single-name CDS resulting in EUR568 billion
($750 billion) of open interest. ICE lists 381 CDS instruments for
clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at:
https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml
-- Trading days in December 2012
-- ICE Futures Europe & U.S: 20
-- ICE Futures Canada: 19
Note: As of October 15, 2012, ICE transitioned all of the open interest in OTC cleared energy swaps contracts to futures contracts. All futures volumes in the tables above have been adjusted to treat, on a pro forma basis, the OTC cleared energy swaps contracts as futures contracts for all periods prior to October 2012.
RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.
Historical futures volume and OTC commission data can be found at:
http://ir.theice.com/supplemental.cfm
About IntercontinentalExchange
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