JERSEY CITY, N.J., July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released Knight Capital Group, Inc.'s trade volumes for the month of June 2013 covering U.S. Market Making and Knight Direct U.S. equity volumes as well as Knight Hotspot FX foreign exchange volumes at https://www.kcg.com/access-performance/liquidity.
Knight's trade volumes comprise market making and trading activities prior to the July 1, 2013 strategic combination with GETCO Holding Company, LLC and do not represent consolidated KCG trade volumes. In the first quarter of 2013, Knight modified the reporting of Knight Direct average daily equity shares in order to provide data specific to U.S. exchange-listed shares traded. Knight Direct volume previously included OTC Bulletin Board and OTC Market securities as well as European equities shares traded. In the second quarter of 2012, the company modified the reporting of Knight Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded volume to count one side of the transaction. Knight Hotspot FX previously counted total client volume to include both sides of the transaction. Knight's monthly trade volumes including U.S. Market Making, Knight Direct and Knight Hotspot FX dating back to the beginning of 2011 are posted on KCG's web site.
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