Global markets operator IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE) reported futures volume for March 2013, with ICE's average daily volume or ADV for futures and options amounting to 3.8 million contracts, a 17% increase from last year. Total contract volume in March 2013 stood at 76 million. The company said all previous period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which traded earlier in ICE's OTC markets.
For the first quarter of 2013, ICE expects acquisition-related transaction costs in the range of $16 million - $18 million, related to the NYSE Euronext and ICE Endex transactions, which would be excluded from non-GAAP results.
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