KCG releases March 2015 Trade Volumes
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of March 2015.
In Market Making, KCG averaged $29.8 billion dollar volume traded, 5.2 billion shares traded, and 3.8 million trades per day in U.S. equities.
In Global Execution Services:
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KCG electronic execution averaged 278.7 million shares traded per day in U.S. equities
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KCG Hotspot averaged $34.3 billion per day in notional foreign exchange dollar volume through March 12, 2015*
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KCG BondPoint averaged $151.3 million per day in fixed income par value
*KCG completed the sale of KCG Hotspot to BATS Global Markets, Inc. on March 13, 2015.
As for the overall market conditions in March, consolidated U.S. equity volume averaged $275.7 billion in dollar volume and 6.7 billion shares traded per day. The realized volatility for the S&P 500 was 14.6.
In March, there were 22 trading days in U.S. equities and fixed income. As a result of the sale of KCG Hotspot, KCG participated in 9 trading days in foreign exchange in March.
Source: KCG Holdings, Inc
