Intercontinental Exchange Reports April 2026 Statistics

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open interest technical

Open interest is the total number of outstanding futures or options contracts that have been created but not yet closed or settled. Think of it like the number of active tickets in a queue — higher open interest means more traders are involved and the market is more liquid, which helps price moves be more reliable and shows the strength of investor interest or conviction in a trend.

average daily volume technical

Average daily volume is the typical number of shares or contracts of a security traded each day, calculated by averaging daily trading amounts over a recent period. It matters to investors because it indicates how easy it is to buy or sell without moving the price—like traffic on a road: high volume is a busy freeway that lets many cars pass smoothly, while low volume can make large orders cause big price changes and higher costs.

05/05/2026 - 08:30 AM

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today reported April 2026 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.

April highlights include:

Total open interest (OI) up 23% y/y, including record OI of 125.5M lots on April 24
Total Energy OI up 6% y/y
- Total Oil OI up 4% y/y
  - Brent OI up 3% y/y
  - Other Crude & Refined products OI up 7% y/y
- Total Natural Gas OI up 7% y/y
  - North American Gas OI up 7% y/y
  - TTF gas OI up 3% y/y
  - Asia gas OI up 32% y/y
Total Agriculture & Metals ADV up 24% y/y; OI up 37% y/y
- Sugar ADV up 30% y/y; OI up 26% y/y
- Cocoa ADV up 41% y/y; OI up 51% y/y
- Record Cotton ADV up 28% y/y; OI up 77% y/y
- Coffee OI up 15% y/y
Total Financials ADV up 8% y/y; OI up 55% y/y, including record OI of 51.4M lots on April 30
- Total Interest Rates ADV up 10% y/y; OI up 61% y/y, including record OI of 47.8M lots on April 30
  - Euribor OI up 39% y/y
  - SONIA ADV up 34% y/y; OI up 105% y/y, including record OI of 18.5M lots on April 30
  - Gilts OI up 14% y/y
NYSE Equity Options ADV up 30% y/y

About Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds, and operates digital networks that connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes helping our customers access mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and efficiency. ICE’s futures, equity, and options exchanges -- including the New York Stock Exchange -- and clearing houses help people invest, raise capital and manage risk. We offer some of the world’s largest markets to trade and clear energy and environmental products. Our fixed income, data services and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers streamline processes and capitalize on opportunities. At ICE Mortgage Technology, we are transforming U.S. housing finance, from initial consumer engagement through loan production, closing, registration and the long-term servicing relationship. Together, ICE transforms, streamlines, and automates industries to connect our customers to opportunity.

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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, 2025, as filed with the SEC on February 5, 2026.

Category: Corporate

SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange