TMX Group Inc. today announced that Montréal Exchange (MX) established a new trading record for the month of February 2011. Average daily volume of 241,724 contracts for February 2011 compared to 167,638 contracts for February 2010, which is an increase of 44.2 per cent. MX’s trading volume for February 2011 reached 4,592,757 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 4,592,430 contracts established in May 2007.
Note: there were 19 trading days for February 2011 compared to 19 trading days for February 2010. There were 22 trading days for May 2007.