Intercontinental Exchange Reports February Statistics

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average daily volume financial

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.

open interest financial

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.

SONIA financial

SONIA is the Sterling Overnight Index Average, the market benchmark that reflects the average interest rate banks pay to borrow British pounds overnight. Think of it like the overnight hotel rate for cash: it shows the short‑term cost of money and is used as a reference price for loans, bonds and interest-rate contracts, so movements in SONIA affect borrowing costs, contract values and investor returns.

Euribor financial

Euribor is the benchmark interest rate at which banks in the eurozone lend short-term money to one another and is published for several maturities (overnight to one year). Investors watch it because it forms the baseline for many loans, mortgages, bonds and derivatives—like the temperature reading that helps predict how hot borrowing costs and returns will be across the market.

03/04/2026 - 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 February 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.

February highlights include:

Total average daily volume (ADV) up 17% y/y; open interest (OI) up 19% y/y, including record OI of 119.6M lots on February 23
Total Energy ADV up 12% y/y; OI up 4% y/y, including record OI of 68.4M lots on February 23
- Total Oil ADV up 27% y/y; OI up 19% y/y, including record OI of 18.7M lots on February 23
  - Brent ADV up 37% y/y; OI up 30% y/y, including record OI of 7.5M lots on February 23
  - WTI* ADV up 37% y/y
  - Gasoil ADV up 9% y/y; OI up 20% y/y
  - Other Crude & Refined products ADV up 13% y/y; OI up 15% y/y
- TTF gas OI up 7% y/y
- Asia gas OI up 50% y/y, including record OI of 241k lots on February 12
- Record Total Environmentals ADV up 57% y/y; OI up 16% y/y
Record total Agriculture & Metals ADV up 25% y/y; OI up 19% y/y
- Sugar ADV up 18% y/y; OI up 16% y/y
- Cocoa ADV up 77% y/y; OI up 38% y/y
- Record Cotton ADV up 30% y/y; OI up 23% y/y, including record futures of 386k lots on February 4
Total Financials ADV up 24% y/y; OI up 47% y/y, including record OI of 48.7M lots on February 27
- Total Interest Rates ADV up 26% y/y; OI up 53% y/y, including record OI of 44.9M lots on February 27
  - Record SONIA ADV up 62% y/y; OI up 90% y/y, including record OI of 17.2M lots on February 27
  - Gilts ADV up 26% y/y; OI up 24% y/y
  - Euribor OI up 31% y/y
- Total Equity Indices ADV up 14% y/y; OI up 3% y/y
  - MSCI ADV up 22% y/y; OI up 7% y/y
NYSE Cash Equities ADV up 43% y/y
NYSE Equity Options ADV up 22% y/y

* Combined OI and volumes of WTI and ICE HOU

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.

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SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange