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TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics - March 2017

T.X | April 5, 2017

Canada NewsWire

TORONTO, April 5, 2017

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, Montréal Exchange and NGX

TORONTO, April 5, 2017 /CNW/ - TMX Group Limited today announced March 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX.

MX achieved a new open interest record for Options on Three-Month Canadian Bankers' Acceptance Futures (OBX) of 315,645 contracts on March 7, 2017. MX also reached a new open interest record for the S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures (SXF) with 385,556 contracts on March 14, 2017.

All TMX Equities Marketplaces *

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Volume	14,727,907,025	13,470,146,089	14,507,052,605
Value	$172,534,612,897	$144,336,128,200	$145,032,850,889
Transactions	24,155,020	20,081,158	25,181,325

Daily Averages
Volume	640.3 million	709.0 million	659.4 million
Value	$7,501.5 million	$7,596.6 million	$6,592.4 million
Transactions	1,050,218	1,056,903	1,144,606

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Volume	40,866,542,857	36,746,087,385	+11.2
Value	$446,306,530,931	$400,173,817,968	+11.5
Transactions	64,720,426	73,118,899	-11.5

Daily Averages
Volume	648.7 million	592.7 Million	+9.4
Value	$7,084.2 million	$6,454.4 million	+9.8
Transactions	1,027,308	1,179,337	-12.9

Toronto Stock Exchange

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Volume	8,607,571,210	7,584,649,174	10,439,254,194
Value	$153,914,209,683	$128,963,201,224	$133,321,820,926
Transactions	20,816,274	17,235,416	23,347,302
S&P/TSX Composite Index Close	15,547.75	15,399.24	13,494.36

Daily Averages
Volume	374.2 million	399.2 million	474.5 million
Value	$6,691.9 million	$6,787.5 million	$6,060.1 million
Transactions	905,055	907,127	1,061,241

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Volume	23,757,865,220	26,825,601,829	-11.4
Value	$399,092,291,313	$366,466,174,528	+8.9
Transactions	56,198,558	67,445,020	-16.7

Daily Averages
Volume	377.1 million	432.7 million	-12.8
Value	$6,334.8 million	$5,910.7 million	+7.2
Transactions	892,041	1,087,823	-18.0

TSX Venture Exchange *

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Volume	4,926,095,269	4,878,547,756	3,205,843,336
Value	$2,070,198,942	$1,936,530,076	$792,306,567
Transactions	872,820	792,647	382,168
S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index Close	815.77	817.22	581.08

Daily Averages
Volume	214.2 million	256.8 million	145.7 million
Value	$90.0 million	$101.9 million	$36.0 million
Transactions	37,949	41,718	17,371

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Volume	14,036,415,819	7,585,671,602	+85.0
Value	$5,602,945,947	$1,792,235,836	+212.6
Transactions	2,349,691	893,778	+162.9

Daily Averages
Volume	222.8 million	122.3 million	+82.1
Value	$88.9 million	$28.9 million	+207.7
Transactions	37,297	14,416	+158.7

Alpha

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Volume	1,194,240,546	1,006,949,159	861,955,075
Value	$16,550,204,272	$13,436,396,900	$10,918,723,396
Transactions	2,465,926	2,053,095	1,451,855

Daily Averages
Volume	51.9 million	53.0 million	39.2 million
Value	$719.6 million	$707.2 million	$496.3 million
Transactions	107,214	108,058	65,993

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Volume	3,072,261,818	2,334,813,954	+31.6
Value	$41,611,293,671	$31,915,407,604	+30.4
Transactions	6,172,177	4,780,101	+29.1

Daily Averages
Volume	48.8 million	37.7 million	+29.5
Value	$660.5 million	$514.8 million	+28.3
Transactions	97,971	77,098	+27.1

Montreal Exchange

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Derivatives Volume (Contracts)	9,125,905	7,414,222	7,817,720
Open Interest (Contracts)	6,133,214	6,210,349	5,825,876

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Volume (Contracts)	23,680,104	24,274,301	-2.5
Open Interest (Contracts)	6,133,214	5,825,876	+5.3

NGX

	March 2017	February 2017	March 2016
Energy Volume** (Terajoules)	1,389,686	1,373,888	1,401,806

Year-to-date Statistics

	2017	2016	% Change
Energy Volume** (Terajoules)	4,094,805	3,675,333	+11.4

*Includes NEX

**NGX Total Energy Volume includes trading and clearing in natural gas, crude oil and electricity.

All figures are as of March 31, 2017. Because certain trades do not settle on the trade date, figures may be subject to change until all March trades are finalized. The previous month's data has been updated to reflect known trade corrections.

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About TMX Group (TSX:X)

TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, NGX, Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, AgriClear and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver), in the U.S. (New York and Houston) as well as in London, Beijing and Singapore. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at http://www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter: @TMXGroup.