NDAQ - Nasdaq U.S. matched equity volume climbed 14% from a weak July

• Nasdaq ( NASDAQ: NDAQ ) saw U.S. matched equity volume of 40.9B shares in August 2022, up from 35.8B shares in July and from $33.8B shares in August 2021.
• European equity volume of $64.6B inched up from $64.3B in July, but fell from $82.4B in August 2021.
• U.S equity options volume of 274M contracts in August rose from 216M in the prior month and from 247M in the year-ago month. European options and futures volume of 6.0M contracts climbed from 5.4M in July and from 4.5M in the same month a year ago.
• European fixed income volume of 1.8M contracts fell from 2.0M in August 2021 and increased from 1.5M in July 2022.
• In July, BofA Securities analyst Craig Siegenthaler expected volumes on exchanges to continue to fall as volatility wanes.

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