The CBOE Stock Exchange, LLC (CBSX), a subsidiary of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), announced that the exchange experienced the busiest day in its 10-month history as reported volume totaled 24,351,356 shares on 23 January.
This new high surpassed the previous single-day volume record of 17, 663,093 shares set on 26 December 26 2007.
“We’re very pleased with the results we have achieved in less than a year of operation. We are focused on our goal of continuing to lower equity trading costs for our customers,” says David Harris, CEO, CBSX.
During its first year of trading in 2007, volume at CBSX totaled 1,110,904,660 shares, with an average daily volume of 4.8 million shares per day.
In December, CBSX’s average daily volume was 9.4 million and year to date, the average daily trading volume has been 12.8 million shares per day.