NYSE Euronext Dec. Global Derivatives ADV Down 7.6%, Excl. Bclear - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for December 2013. Excluding Bclear in the recent month, monthly global derivatives average daily volume or ADV was 5.9 million contracts, down 7.6% versus last year.

U.S. equity options volumes in December slid 13.2% year-on-year and decreased 9.9% sequentially. ADV in U.S. cash equities declined 8.7% year-over-year but grew 0.9% month-over-month. European cash equities ADV in December 2013 increased 13.6% compared with December 2012.

NYSE Euronext U.S. cash products (NYSE, NYSE Arca and NYSE MKT) handled ADV of 1.4 billion shares in December 2013 fell 8.7% from the prior-year period.