ISE Daily Volume Rises Nearly 28 Percent

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    International Securities Exchange Daily Trading Volume Rises to 3 Million Contracts Per Day

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock exchange operator The International Securities Exchange said Monday daily trading volume for equity and index options in September rose 27.9 percent from the same month a year ago.

    Trading volume averaged 3 million contracts per day, compared with 2.4 million contracts per day during September 2006. A total of 57.4 million contracts were traded in September, a 21 percent increase from the 47.3 million traded during the same period last year.

    Year-to-date, trading volume is averaging 3 million contracts per day, a 30 percent increase from 2.3 million per day in 2006.