07.07.2026

Open Interest Rises 20% Across ICE Markets

07.07.2026
Open Interest Rises 20% Across ICE Markets

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

“For over 25 years, ICE has built and scaled technology that evolves with our customers’ needs, combining deep liquidity, global participation, operational resilience and transparent price discovery into a single connected marketplace,” said Ben Jackson, President of ICE. “Open interest is up 20% year-over-year across ICE’s markets, highlighting the value of our global, all-weather model which allows customers to navigate complex risk in whatever way they choose, and as precisely as they need. The record performance in ICE’s financial derivatives complex this year underscores the depth of liquidity our platform provides when markets shift materially.”

June highlights include:

  • Total open interest (OI) up 20% y/y
  • Total Energy OI up 6% y/y
    • Total Natural Gas OI up 8% y/y
      • North American Gas OI up 8% y/y
      • TTF gas OI up 8% y/y
      • Asia gas OI up 44% y/y, including record OI of 252k lots on June 30
  • Total Agriculture & Metals ADV up 29% y/y; OI up 43% y/y
    • Sugar ADV up 20% y/y; OI up 28% y/y
    • Cocoa ADV up 97% y/y; OI up 73% y/y
    • Coffee ADV up 27% y/y; OI up 22% y/y
    • Cotton ADV up 35% y/y; OI up 109% y/y
  • Total Financials ADV up 27% y/y; OI up 46% y/y, including record OI of 56.8M lots on June 11
    • Total Interest Rates ADV up 29% y/y; OI up 52% y/y, including record OI of 53.0M lots on June 11
      • Euribor ADV up 16% y/y; OI up 32% y/y, including record OI of 28.7M lots on June 11
      • SONIA ADV up 53% y/y; OI up 85% y/y
      • Gilts ADV up 13% y/y; OI up 17% y/y
    • Total Equity Indices ADV up 16%
      • MSCI ADV up 21% y/y
  • NYSE Cash Equities ADV up 32% y/y
  • NYSE Equity Options ADV up 47% y/y

Second quarter highlights include:

  • Asia Gas ADV up 6% y/y
  • Record total Agriculture & Metals ADV up 36% y/y
    • Sugar ADV up 30% y/y
    • Cocoa ADV up 73% y/y
    • Coffee ADV up 16% y/y
    • Record Cotton ADV up 59% y/y
  • Total Financials ADV up 22% y/y
    • Total Interest Rates ADV up 24% y/y
      • Euribor ADV up 12% y/y
      • SONIA ADV up 39% y/y
      • Gilts ADV up 18% y/y
    • Total Equity Indices ADV up 8% y/y
      • MSCI ADV up 19% y/y
  • NYSE Cash Equities ADV up 12% y/y
  • NYSE Equity Options ADV up 44% y/y

Source: Intercontinental Exchange

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