Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced that its options volume in...

Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced that its options volume in January reached a record high of 4,581,850 contracts traded, an increase of approximately 8% over December, the previous record month. Equity trading volume on the exchange for January reached a record 211,928,876 shares traded, a 30% increase over January 1999. January volume in the exchange’s sectors index options reached 251,028 contracts traded.