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19,000 + Equities
Traded as part of our multiple asset class capability, which includes global equities and fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and options
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998 Billion
Total equity shares traded, which is an average of 4.0 billion shares per day, 611 million shares per hour, 10.2 million shares per minute and 170,000 shares per second
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640 Million
Total equity trades executed, which is an average of 2.5 million trades per day, 392,000 trades per hour, 6,500 trades per minute and 109 trades per second
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$4.8 Trillion
Dollar value traded in equities, which is an average of $19.2 billion per day, $2.9 billion per hour, $49 million per minute and $819,00 per second
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114 Million
Average daily notional value traded for Institutional Fixed Income
2008 In Numbers
Knight is the leading source of off-exchange liquidity in U.S. equities.* In 2008, Knight executed greater share volume than any U.S.-based exchange or securities firm according to data from SIFMA and AutEx.**
Capacity
Knight has the capacity to handle 20 million trades per day, a significant increase from five million trades per day in 2007. On October 10, 2008, Knight handled 7,410,875 trades – the largest number of trades in a single day to date.
Acquisitions
In 2008, Knight’s acquisitions – across our electronic and voice offerings and multiple asset classes – contributed $192 million in revenue, or 19% of total Global Markets revenues, compared to $113 million, or 15%, in 2007.
* Based on stock market volumes published by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. ** Based on advertised trades through AutEx BlockData for 2008.