Intercontinental Exchange Reports September and Third Quarter 2018 Statistics

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today reported September and Third Quarter 2018 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at http://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.

“As supply-demand dynamics across global commodities continue to shift and geopolitical uncertainties remain, our customers come to ICE to manage their risk. This is driving rising open interest levels across our energy, agriculture and financial markets,” said Ben Jackson, President, Intercontinental Exchange.

September & 3Q18 highlights include:

• September natural gas average daily volume (ADV) up 16% y/y
• 3Q18 Brent open interest (OI) up 8% y/y
• Record 3Q18 emissions ADV up 65% y/y; September ADV up 68% y/y; OI up 27% y/y
• 3Q18 interest rates OI up 9% y/y
• 3Q18 Gilt ADV up 25% y/y; September ADV up 15% y/y; OI up 12% y/y
• 3Q18 equity indices ADV up 6% y/y, excluding Russell
• 3Q18 ags & metals ADV up 16% y/y; September ADV up 19% y/y; OI up 17% y/y
• 3Q18 NYSE cash equities ADV up 7% y/y; September ADV up 16% y/y
• 3Q18 equity options ADV up 31% y/y; September ADV up 33% y/y
• 3Q18 CDS gross notional cleared up 8% y/y

ICE will report third quarter 2018 earnings on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.

About Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 and Fortune Future 50 company formed in the year 2000 to modernize markets. ICE serves customers by operating the exchanges, clearing houses and information services they rely upon to invest, trade and manage risk across global financial and commodity markets. A leader in market data, ICE Data Services serves the information and connectivity needs across virtually all asset classes. As the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, the company raises more capital than any other exchange in the world, driving economic growth and transforming markets.

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the SEC on February 7, 2018.

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