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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

ITG Releases September 2018 U.S. Trading Volumes and Provides International Trading Commission Update

 

NEW YORK, October 8, 2018 — ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced that September 2018 U.S. trading volume was 2.7 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 144 million shares, compared to 2.6 billion shares and ADV of 114 million shares in August 2018 and 2.6 billion shares and ADV of 130 million shares in September 2017. There were 19 trading days in September 2018, 23 trading days in August 2018 and 20 trading days in September 2017.

 

ITG U.S. Trading Activity

 

In addition to overall U.S. trading volumes, ITG also provides a monthly summary of average daily volume (double-counted) and average trade size for the POSIT® crossing network and POSIT Alert.

 

 

 

# of
Trade
Days

 

Total U.S.
Volume

 

Average U.S.
Daily Volume

 

Average
POSIT
Daily
Volume

 

Average
POSIT
Trade
Size

 

Average
POSIT
Alert Daily
Volume

 

Average
POSIT
Alert
Trade Size

 

Avg. POSIT
Alert Trade
Size Ex-
Algos*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2018

 

19

 

2,742,342,401

 

144,333,811

 

52,279,768

 

268

 

13,138,505

 

10,004

 

32,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YTD 2018

 

188

 

24,885,496,674

 

132,369,663

 

48,890,803

 

284

 

13,936,398

 

15,596

 

35,363

 

 


*Excluding shares crossed through POSIT Alert from ITG algorithms

 

Average U.S. revenue per share in September 2018 was approximately 8% lower than the average in the second quarter of 2018, due in part to an increase in lower-rate index rebalance trading.

 



 

International Trading Activity

 

The average daily trading commissions in September 2018 in ITG’s Canadian, European and Asia Pacific businesses were down approximately 12% in U.S. dollar terms on a combined basis as compared to the second quarter of 2018 and were down approximately 1% as compared to September 2017. On a blended international basis, there were approximately 20 trading days in both September 2018 and September 2017.

 

These statistics are preliminary and may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings. Volume statistics are posted on the investor relations section of ITG’s website, investor.itg.com and are available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.

 

About ITG

 

Investment Technology Group (NYSE: ITG) is a global financial technology company that helps leading brokers and asset managers improve returns for investors around the world. We empower traders to reduce the end-to-end cost of implementing investments via liquidity, execution, analytics and workflow technology solutions. ITG has offices in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America and offers execution services in more than 50 countries. Please visit www.itg.com for more information.

 

ITG Investor/Media Contact:

J.T. Farley

(212) 444-6259

corpcomm@itg.com

 

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