NYFIX, Inc., a trading provider, announces a new single-day matched consideration record of 90 million ($120 million) for its Euro Millennium dark pool crossing network set on Friday, 12 December 2008.
This consideration record comes on the heels of a daily matched volume record of 23 million shares and 63 million of consideration set on December 2. The value of liquidity available in the pool on Friday’s record day exceeded 22.9 billion, and of the 1,041 stocks that were represented, an approximately equal amount were UK, French and German.
Euro Millennium is a neutral and independent crossing network that offers real-time continuous matching at or within the best bid and offer of the primary exchange.With the flexibility of various trading execution options Euro Millennium enables firms to meet their execution objectives without concerns for information leakage.
On 12 December Euro Millennium’s buy- and sell-side clients experienced:
-Reduced Market Impact and Optimal Price Improvement. Executed trades ranging from large-cap to small-cap stocks, achieved an average price improvement on December 12 of 12.95 basis points.More specifically, averages for FTSE indices include:
FTSE 100 8.69 bpsFTSE 250 21.39 bpsFTSE Small Cap 70.36 bps
– Breadth of Liquidity. Executions on 12 December were split across 6 markets; 85% in UK stocks, 5% in French stocks, 4 % in German stocks and 2% in Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese stocks respectively.
-Market Ratios. On 12December, Euro Millennium captured significant market ratio in single stocks across all market capitalizations.
Judging by the depth and breadth of liquidity we have seen in Euro Millennium over the past couple of weeks, it is becoming clear that clients are really starting to appreciate the greater price improvement and reduced market impact they can receive, says Chris Smith, director, NYFIX International.
In the United States, dark pools and crossing networks are well-established and a vital part of most firms’ trading strategy, says C. Thomas Richardson, global head of Transaction Services, NYFIX. In Europe, a similar trend is developing as more firms experience the benefits of dark trading, and adopt algorithms that can access these venues.
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