BATS Global Markets today reported April U.S. equity volume broke over 21 percent in In April versus March as volume dipped slightly. Options volume continued to rise as did exchange traded funds.
U.S. daily matched equity share for April climbed to 21.2 percent compared to March’s 20.8 percent compared to 20.7 percent one year ago.Average daily volume for April was 1.36 billion shares versus March was 1.39 billion shares compared to 1.41billion in February.
Average daily matched volume on the BATS Exchanges was 1.36 billion shares a year ago.
Total industry U.S. equity volume was 6.4 billion shares in April, down from 6.60 billion shares in March and versus 6.61 billion shares one year ago.
One year ago matched U.S. equity market share was 20.7 percent.
BATS Trading is the first exchange to report equity trading volumes and as such is viewed as a preliminary barometer of overall trading activity.
U.S. options activity hit another record at 9.9 percent in April, climbing from 9.4 percent in March, and skyrocketing from 8.2 percent in February. The previous record was 9.4 percent hit last month. The BZX exchange set a new one-day market share record on April 29, reporting 11.4% market share.
Hotspot, BATS’ institutional spot foreign exchange market, posted average daily volume of $28.4 billion in April, up from $25.2 billion one year ago.
BATS 1000 Index monthly performance closed at 23,099.14 versus 22,970.77 in March. One year ago the index was 21,267.00.
