NEW YORK, May 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent execution broker and research provider, today announced that April 2015 U.S. trading volume was 3.9 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 184 million shares. This compares to 4.6 billion shares and ADV of 208 million shares in March 2015 and 3.3 billion shares and ADV of 156 million shares in April 2014. There were 21 trading days in both April 2015 and April 2014 and 22 trading days in March 2015.

In addition to overall U.S. trading volumes, ITG also provides a monthly summary of average daily volume (double counted) and average trade size for the POSIT crossing network and the POSIT Alert indications system for block crossing.

ITG U.S. Trading Activity

   
 # of Trade DaysTotal U.S. VolumeAverage U.S. Daily VolumeAverage POSIT Daily VolumeAverage POSIT Trade SizeAverage POSIT Alert Daily VolumePOSIT Alert Average Trade SizePOSIT Alert Avg. Trade Size Ex-Algos*
         
April 201521  3,868,540,043  184,216,19395,792,21926516,557,34816,12432,386
         
Year-to-Date:8215,533,291,266  189,430,38193,425,71526317,009,63216,91834,939
*Excluding sharescrossed through POSIT Alert from ITG algorithms 

During April 2015 there was a higher percentage of trading activity from sell-side clients as compared to the level in the first quarter of 2015, reducing the overall average revenue per share. 

These statistics are preliminary and may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings. Volume statistics are posted on the investor relations section of ITG’s website, investor.itg.com and are available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.

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