Nasdaq (NDAQ) Reports Impressive Q3 And September Volumes
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 08, 2019 11:08PM ET
Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) reported solid volumes for third-quarter 2019. While U.S. equity options volume increased 6.6% year over year to 434 million contracts, European options and futures volume rose 20.4% year over year to 21.8 million contracts.
Though revenues per contract for U.S. equity options remained flat at 15 cents, the same for European options and futures deceased 18.7% to 39 cents.
Under its cash equities, Nasdaq’s U.S. matched equity volume in the third quarter grossed 90.2 billion shares, up 15.9% from the prior-year quarter. European equity volume declined 6.9% year over $3 trillion, European fixed income volume decreased 12.7% to 6.9 million contracts.
In the third quarter, there were 4,119 listed companies on Nasdaq compared with 4,059 in the year-ago period. Total listings grew 1.5% year over year to 4,119.
Nasdaq continues to witness growth in its index and analytics businesses, followed by moderate growth in exchange data products across U.S. and Nordic equities, options and fixed income businesses. The company is ramping up its non-transaction revenue base, which includes market technology, listing and information revenues. It is also expanding technology and analytics offerings. Nasdaq remains focused on core special marketplace platform businesses but intends to lower capital resources for investment in businesses that do not offer considerable growth for the company.
Shares of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) provider of trading, clearing, marketplace technology, regulatory, securities listing, information and public and private company services gained 3% in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the .
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