Montréal Exchange Sets New Daily Volume Records

July 21, 2015

July 21, 2015 (MONTRÉAL) – TMX Group today announced that Montréal Exchange (MX) set an overall daily volume record of 1,290,421 contracts traded on July 20, 2015, surpassing the previous record of 846,803 contracts established on November 24, 2014.

MX also reached a new daily volume record for Options on Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) with 1,016,758 contracts traded on July 20, 2015, surpassing the previous record of 460,306 contracts established on May 20, 2015.

 

About TMX Group (TSX: X)

TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha Group, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, NGX, BOX Options Exchange, Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S. markets (New York, Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London, Beijing, Singapore and Sydney. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at http://www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tmxgroup.

 

For more information please contact:

Mathieu Labrèche
Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
TMX Group 
416-947-4474
mathieu.labreche@tmx.com