BATS Global Markets (BATS) reported October highlights including new monthly market share records of 21.4% in U.S. equities and 6.5% in U.S. options.
The previous record for U.S. equities was 20.7% in April 2014 and the previous options record was 5.8% in September 2014. October marked the third consecutive month of record market share for BATS Options.
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Other October highlights include:
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- A one-day market share record of 7.8% on October 27th. In October, BATS Options reported five days where market share topped 7.0%, a new record for the growing business.
- New monthly market share records of 21.4% in U.S. equities and 6.5% in U.S. options.
- BATS Chi-X Europe announced the planned launch of trading in Turkish stocks. With the addition of Turkey, BATS will offer trading across 16 markets in Europe.
- Continental European market share grew in key markets: share of the Frankfurt market increased 2.2 percentage points on October 2013; share of the Milan market was up 1.7 percentage points, and share of the Madrid market was up 3.1 percentage points.