Knight Capital (KCG) Reports 6.9% Increase in U.S. Equities Trading Vol. for November

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today announced equities and foreign exchange volume statistics for the month of November 2011.

Equities

For the month of November 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.8%, the S&P 500 decreased 0.5% and Nasdaq Composite Index decreased 2.4%. During the same period, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) averaged 31.9.

Knight's equities volumes were as follows:

• Average daily U.S. equities dollar volume traded in November 2011 was $27.4 billion, down approximately 15.8% from $32.5 billion in October 2011 and up approximately 6.9% from $25.6 billion in November 2010.
  
  
• Average daily U.S. equities trade volume in November 2011 was 4.1 million, down approximately 14.2% from 4.8 million in October 2011, and up approximately 15.8% from 3.6 million in November 2010.
  
  
• Average daily U.S. equities share volume in November 2011 was 2.8 billion, down approximately 9.0% from 3.1 billion in October 2011, and down approximately 54.1% from 6.1 billion in November 2010.

Knight Direct recorded average daily equities share volume in November 2011 of 216.8 million, up approximately 2.7% from 211.1million in October 2011, and up approximately 6.5% from 203.5 million in November 2010.*

In equities, there were 20.5 trading days in November 2011, 21 days in October 2011 and 20.5 days in November 2010.

Foreign Exchange

• Hotspot FX recorded average daily notional dollar value traded in November 2011 of $55.7 billion, down approximately 18.4% from $68.3 billion in October 2011, and up approximately 20.7% from $46.2 billion in November 2010.

In foreign exchange, there were 22 trading days in November 2011, 21 days in October 2011 and 22 days in November 2010.

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