ATLANTA & NEW YORK, USA – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today reported December, Fourth Quarter, and Full Year 2023 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.
“ICE began investing in the globalization of commodity markets decades ago, and our record performance through 2023 shows the value customers find in our global platform underpinned by deeply liquid benchmarks across asset classes,” said Ben Jackson, President of ICE.
“ICE ’s commodity and energy complex reached volume and open interest records throughout the year, with our Brent, WTI, TTF, and agricultural markets each trading at record levels in 2023, reflecting the core role ICE’s derivative markets play in helping our global customer base manage their risk in the face of ever more complex supply chain dynamics.”
Highlights include:
- Total open interest (OI) up 18% y/y, including record OI of 86.5M lots on December 14; average daily volume (ADV) up 39% y/y in December, up 26% y/y in 4Q23 and up 10% y/y in 2023
- Energy OI up 21% y/y, including record OI of 53.7M lots on December 22; ADV up 38% y/y in December, up 35% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 18% y/y
- Total Oil OI up 28% y/y; ADV up 31% y/y in December, up 32% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 19% y/y
- Brent OI up 13% y/y; ADV up 20% y/y in December, up 27% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 16% y/y
- WTI OI up 53% y/y; ADV up 49% y/y in December, up 55% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 27% y/y
- Gasoil OI up 38% y/y; ADV up 33% y/y in December, up 30% y/y in 4Q23 and up 20% y/y in 2023
- Other crude and refined products OI up 35% y/y; ADV up 51% y/y in December, up 46% y/y in 4Q23 and up 35% y/y in 2023
- Total natural gas OI up 23% y/y, including record futures OI of 20.6M lots on December 22; ADV up 48% y/y in December, up 41% y/y in 4Q23 and up 17% y/y in 2023
- North American gas OI up 19% y/y, including record futures OI of 18.2M lots on December 22; ADV up 40% y/y in December, up 28% y/y in 4Q23 and up 7% y/y in 2023
- TTF gas OI up 89% y/y; ADV up 97% y/y in December, record ADV in 4Q23 up 116% y/y and record 2023 ADV up 66% y/y
- Asia gas OI up 20% y/y; ADV up 65% y/y in December, up 51% y/y in 4Q23 and up 17% y/y in 2023
- Total environmentals ADV up 29% y/y in December, up 20% y/y in 4Q23 and up 2% y/y in 2023
- Total Oil OI up 28% y/y; ADV up 31% y/y in December, up 32% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 19% y/y
- Total Ags & Metals OI up 25% y/y; ADV up 59% y/y in December, up 13% y/y in 4Q23 and record 2023 ADV up 16% y/y
- Sugar OI up 17% y/y; ADV up 96% y/y in December, up 16% y/y in 4Q23 and record 2023 ADV up 21% y/y
- Cocoa OI up 74% y/y; ADV up 23% y/y in December, up 7% y/y in 4Q23 and record ADV in 2023 up 14% y/y
- Coffee OI up 13% y/y; ADV up 53% y/y in December, up 16% y/y in 4Q23 and up 9% y/y in 2023
- Total Financials OI up 10% y/y; ADV up 39% y/y in December and up 17% y/y in 4Q23
- Total interest rates OI up 15% y/y; ADV up 56% y/y in December, up 26% y/y in 4Q23 and up 4% y/y in 2023
- SONIA OI up 90% y/y; ADV up 115% y/y in December, up 60% y/y in 4Q23 and record 2023 ADV up 29% y/y
- Euribor OI up 3% y/y; ADV up 48% y/y in December and up 18% y/y in 4Q23
- Total interest rates OI up 15% y/y; ADV up 56% y/y in December, up 26% y/y in 4Q23 and up 4% y/y in 2023
- NYSE equity options ADV up 14% y/y in December, up 3% y/y in 4Q23 and up 4% y/y in 2023
- NYSE cash equities ADV up 19% y/y in December
