BATS Europe Extends Rollout to Nordic Stocks.Completes Rollout of 11 Major European Indices in Five Weeks LONDON & KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- BATS Trading Limited (BATS Europe), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BATS Holdings, Inc., extended the rollout on its Multilateral Trading Facility to Nordic securities, including OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) 30 (Swedish), OMXH20 (Finnish), OMXC20 (Danish) and OBX OBX Outer Banks OBX Optical Broadband Exchange (Alcatel) OBX Oslo Bors Index (Oslo Stock Exchange) OBX Obesity, Susceptibility to, X-Linked 25 (Norwegian), effective Friday, the 5th of December. Since launching on the 31st of October with live trading in only 10 UK-listed symbols, BATS Europe has successfully extended trading to securities in the FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 100, FTSE250, CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 40, NEXT20, AEX AEX See: Amsterdam Exchange 25, AMX25, BEL20, DAX30, MDAX MDAX Mid Cap Dax (German stock index) , S&P/MIB and SMI20. "Today's addition of Nordic stocks to the BATS Europe trading platform marks five weeks of sustained liquidity growth for European market participants," said Mark Hemsley, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BATS Europe. "Looking at early 2009, we will likely roll out more symbols while also offering sponsored access and routing options that will bring greater efficiency and reliability to traders in Europe." Firms interested in connecting to the highly efficient, low latency BATS Europe platform should contact saleseurope@batstrading.com or +44-207-012-8920. In the US, BATS Exchange completed its launch on November 6th and reported matched market share of 10.37% for November, compared with 6.90% a year ago. About BATS BATS Holdings (BATS) is an innovative global financial markets technology company headquartered in the Kansas City, Mo., area with additional offices in New York and London. The BATS platform was launched in January 2006 and, operating as BATS Exchange, Inc., is one of the fastest growing, top tier equity markets in the United States. BATS serves the European market through its London based, FSA-authorised subsidiary, BATS Trading Limited, which operates a Multilateral Trading Facility for European securities. The BATS platform is internally developed by a dedicated core team of market and technology professionals, catering to the needs of the broker-dealer and trading community. BATS O Making Markets Better. |
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