ATLANTA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global
exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings
services, today announced record open interest of over 29 million
contracts in its global energy futures complex, on May 23, 2019. The
record level of open interest held by market participants is being
driven by ICE’s global oil and European natural gas futures business.
“As global energy markets continue to advance and evolve, open interest
across our global energy futures complex is building,” said Ben Jackson,
President of Intercontinental Exchange. “The diversity of our energy
platform, which offers a suite of products spanning global oil, natural
gas, power and environmental markets, is increasingly critical to the
risk management and price of discovery needs of our customer base.”
Open interest records include:
- Total energy futures of 29.1 million contracts
- Total oil futures including refined products of 8.5 million contracts
- European natural gas futures of 1.7 million contracts
As the world’s leading energy marketplace, ICE offers benchmark futures
and options contracts across global markets, including oil (Brent, WTI
and Platts Dubai), natural gas (Henry Hub, Dutch TTF, NBP and JKM LNG),
power and emissions.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental
Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company formed in the year
2000 to modernize markets. ICE serves customers by operating the exchanges,
clearing houses and
information services they rely upon to invest, trade and manage risk
across global financial and commodity markets. A leader in market data, ICE
Data Services serves the information and connectivity needs across
virtually all asset classes. As the parent company of the New
York Stock Exchange, the company is the premier venue for raising
capital in the world, driving economic growth and transforming markets.
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Key Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU
Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation can
be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading “Key
Information Documents (KIDS).”
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 — Statements in this press release regarding ICE’s business
that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that
involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks
and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE’s Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the
risk factors in ICE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC on February 7, 2019.
Contacts
ICE Media Contact:
Damon Leavell
[email protected]
212-323-8587
ICE Investor Contact:
Warren Gardiner
[email protected]
770-835-0114
