ICE · 10-Q · 2026Q3 · Full report

Interest Rate Derivatives Growth

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. · 2026-10-29 · Importance 52 · Surprise 56 · In source text

Exchanges financial futures and options revenues increased 41% for the nine months and 37% for the three months ended September 30, 2026, compared with 2025; volume grew 44% and 45%, respectively. Interest rate futures and options revenues rose 51% and 48%, while volume increased 48% and 49%, respectively. Higher Euribor trading reflected eurozone inflation concerns and uncertainty about European Central Bank rates; higher SONIA activity followed energy prices and inflation altering expectations for U.K. monetary policy. Other financial futures and options revenues increased 14% for the nine-month period, including the impact of FTSE index fee increases.

Key facts

• Interest rate futures and options volume increased 48% and 49%, and revenues increased 51% and 48%, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2026, respectively, compared with 2025. source
• Financial futures and options volume increased 44% and 45%, and revenues increased 41% and 37%, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2026, respectively, compared with 2025. source
• Higher Euribor and SONIA volume drove interest rate futures and options growth; Euribor activity reflected eurozone inflation concerns and uncertainty about ECB rates, while SONIA activity reflected energy prices and inflation changing U.K. policy expectations. source

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