ICE Futures Europe Sets Daily Volume Record; Over 1.2 Million Contracts Traded on December 9; Record Volume for Brent and WTI Cr

ATLANTA, Dec. 10  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that ICE Futures Europe set an exchange-wide daily volume record of 1,249,239 contracts on December 9. The new record was established on the exchange's first ever million-plus volume day and surpassed by 27% the previous daily record of 982,151 contracts, which was set on June 6, 2008.

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The exchange also established new daily volume records for its benchmark crude oil contracts. Volume in the ICE Brent Crude futures contract reached 581,685 contracts, surpassing by 12% the May 14, 2008, record of 518,053 contracts. The ICE WTI contract crossed the 400,000 volume mark for the first time, reaching 409,727 contracts. The previous ICE WTI record of 385,502 contracts was established on November 29, 2007.

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IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE:ICE) operates leading regulated exchanges, trading platforms and clearing houses serving the global markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index markets. ICE Futures Europe® hosts trade in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures. ICE Futures U.S.® and ICE Futures Canada® list agricultural, currency and Russell Index markets. ICE® offers trade execution and processing for the credit derivatives markets through Creditex® and ICE Link(TM), respectively, and CDS clearing through ICE Trust(TM). A component of the Russell 1000® and S&P 500 indexes, ICE serves customers in more than 50 countries and is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in New York, London, Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Houston and Singapore. http://www.theice.com/

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