NYSE Euronext reported record transaction volumes in its European cash equities and derivatives trading operations for the week ended August 17, 2007.

NYSE Euronext’s European cash markets registered their busiest day ever on Aug. 17, with more than 2.4 million transactions, as compared to the previous Aug. 9 record of 2.3 million transactions. In August 2007, NYSE Euronext’s European cash markets registered 5 new top 10 volume days, including today’s new record.

Additionally, order volumes for the day and for the week also reached a record, with respectively 25.7 and 95.8 million orders. Liffe, NYSE Euronext’s leading futures and options business, recorded its busiest week ever with more than 30 million futures and options contracts traded by 5.30pm (CET) on Aug. 17. The previous weekly record was 28,464,402 in the week ending June 8, 2007.

More than 588 million contracts have been traded in the year-to-date, up 24% on the same period of 2006. Short term interest rate products have traded their busiest week ever with over 18 million contracts traded by 5.30pm (CET) on Aug. 17. The previous record was 13 million for the week ending August 10, 2007.