NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent execution and research broker, today announced that January 2015 U.S. trading volume was 3.6 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 179 million shares. This compares to 4.0 billion shares and ADV of 182 million shares in December 2014 and 3.4 billion shares and ADV of 163 million shares in January 2014. There were 20 trading days in January 2015, 22 trading days in December 2014 and 21 trading days in January 2014.

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*
                 
January 2015 20  3,573,906,507  
 178,695,325		 89,877,140 267 18,797,745 16,824 36,938
                 
Year-to-Date:  
20		 3,573,906,507 178,695,325 89,877,140 267 18,797,745 16,824 36,938
 *Excluding shares crossed through POSIT Alert from ITG algorithms 

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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