BATS Global Markets reported its U.S. equities matched market share totaled 11.1 percent in January, virtually unchanged from 11.2 percent in December, but up from 10.4 percent a year ago. The exchange operator saw an average daily matched volume of 766.6 million shares.
In December, BATS saw an average daily matched volume of 710.7 million shares.
BATS Options saw its matched market share come in at 3.0 percent in January, up from the 2.1 percent level achieved in December, and up from 1.3 percent one year ago. Average daily matched volume was 483,050 contracts
BATS Options’ highest one-day matched contract volume for the month was 738,467 contracts, reported on January 20.
The exchange had an average daily matched volume of 345,880 contracts in December.
In other company news, on January 12, the operator announced that iShares would offer primary listings for nine ETFs on the BATS BZX Exchange in the U.S. On January 24, the iShares MSCI Norway Capped Investable Market Index became the first primary listing of an ETF to trade on the exchange.
BATS operates two stock exchanges in the U.S., the BATS BZX Exchange and BATS BYX Exchange; BATS Options, a U.S. equity options market; and BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe, which operate FSA-authorized multilateral trading facilities.
