KCG sees market making volumes fall 8.9% MoM in November 2015

KCG Holdings, Inc. Class A (NYSE:KCG) has just published its operating metrics for November 2015, with market making volumes marking a drop when compared to October 2015 levels. The drop comes after October saw virtually no change in market making volumes and September showed a 15% month-on-month decrease in market making volumes.

In Market Making, KCG averaged $27.6 billion dollar volume traded, 4.7 billion shares traded, and 3.5 million trades per day in U.S. Equities in November 2015. The result is 8.9% lower than in October 2015.

In Global Execution Services:

  • KCG electronic execution averaged 317.2 million shares traded per day in U.S. Equities, up from 310.3 million registered in October 2015.
  • KCG BondPoint averaged $155.1 million per day in fixed income par value, up from $142.3 million per day in October 2015.

Regarding the overall market conditions in November, consolidated U.S. equity volume averaged $269.5 billion in dollar volume and 7.0 billion shares traded per day. The realized S&P 500 volatility for was 12.4, down from 12.8 in October 2015.

You can view the full announcement from KCG on its November operating metrics by clicking here.

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