Intercontinental Exchange Inc.NYSE: ICE

Intercontinental Exchange Reports October 2026 Statistics

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Summary by 6ix AI

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., which runs futures, equity and options exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange, said total average daily volume (contracts traded per day on average) rose 14% year over year in October 2026, and open interest (contracts still held open) rose 10% year over year.

Key details

  • Energy: total energy open interest rose 3% year over year, and Brent open interest rose 3%, including record Brent options open interest of 5.3 million lots on October 26.
  • Natural gas: total average daily volume rose 18% and open interest 8% year over year. North American gas average daily volume rose 11% with open interest up 8%, and Asia gas average daily volume rose 6% with open interest up 25%.
  • Agriculture and metals: total average daily volume rose 39% and open interest 38% year over year. Sugar average daily volume rose 59% (open interest up 41%), cocoa 20% (open interest up 50%) and cotton 13% (open interest up 55%).
  • Financials: total average daily volume rose 39% and open interest 18% year over year. Interest rate average daily volume rose 40% with open interest up 21%, and gilts average daily volume rose 26%.
  • Equity indices average daily volume rose 28%, and New York Stock Exchange equity options average daily volume rose 19% year over year.

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today reported October 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.

October highlights include:

  • Total average daily volume (ADV) up 14% y/y; open interest (OI) up 10% y/y
  • Total Energy OI up 3% y/y
    • Brent OI up 3% y/y, including record options OI of 5.3M lots on October 26
    • Total Natural Gas ADV up 18% y/y; OI up 8% y/y
      • North American Gas ADV up 11%; OI up 8% y/y
      • TTF gas ADV up 40% y/y; OI up 13% y/y, including record OI of 5.9M lots on October 26
      • Asia gas ADV up 6% y/y; OI up 25% y/y
  • Total Agriculture & Metals ADV up 39% y/y; OI up 38% y/y
    • Sugar ADV up 59% y/y; OI up 41% y/y
    • Cocoa ADV up 20% y/y; OI up 50% y/y
    • Cotton ADV up 13% y/y; OI up 55% y/y
  • Total Financials ADV up 39% y/y; OI up 18% y/y
    • Total Interest Rates ADV up 40% y/y; OI up 21% y/y
      • Euribor ADV up 38% y/y; OI up 7% y/y
      • SONIA ADV up 14% y/y; OI up 39% y/y
      • Gilts ADV up 26% y/y
    • Total Equity Indices ADV up 28%
      • MSCI ADV up 41% y/y
  • NYSE Equity Options ADV up 19% 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.

Trademarks of ICE and/or its affiliates include Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE and New York Stock Exchange. Information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and/or its affiliates is located here. Key Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation can be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading “Key Information Documents (KIDS).”

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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