ISE Announces Daily Record Trading Volume

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE), the
world's largest equity options exchange, today announced that it set a
record for daily trading volume of 3,385,677 equity and index
contracts on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 surpassing the previous
record of 3,240,012 contracts set on April 15, 2005.

   ISE Background

   The International Securities Exchange, the world's largest equity
options exchange, was founded on the principle that technology fosters
and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into
securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure
that integrated auction market principles into an advanced
screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic
US options exchange in May 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading
systems to provide investors with the best marketplace to execute
their options orders.
   For more information about ISE, its products and its technology,
visit www.iseoptions.com.