ICE Futures Europe Sets Daily Volume and Brent Crude Futures Records

LONDON, February 24, 2011 - IntercontinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures
exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that
ICE Futures Europe set an exchange-wide daily volume record of 1,626,277
contracts on 23 February. The new record surpassed by more than 9% the
previous daily record of 1,429,384 contracts, which was established on 28
January 2011.

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The exchange also established a daily volume record for the benchmark
Brent Crude futures contract. Volume in Brent Crude futures was 805,232
contracts, more than 10% higher than the previous record of 726,578
contracts, which was set on 12 January 2011.

Introduced in 1988, the ICE Brent Crude futures contract is the leading
benchmark for pricing the world's crude oil, including grades in Africa, the
Middle East and Asia. ICE Futures Europe has also listed the North American
benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures contract since 2006.
Both light sweet crude contracts have established daily volume records in
2011. ICE Futures Europe also offers the world's leading refined product
benchmark, the ICE Gasoil futures contract.

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futures exchanges and over-the-counter markets for agricultural, credit,
currency, emissions, energy and equity index contracts. ICE Futures Europe
hosts trade in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures. ICE Futures
U.S. and ICE Futures Canada list agricultural, currencies and Russell Index
markets. ICE is also a leading operator of central clearing services for the
futures and over-the-counter markets, with five regulated clearing houses
across North America and Europe. ICE serves customers in more than 70
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Media, Lee Underwood, Director, Communications, IntercontinentalExchange, +1-770-857-0342, lee.underwood at theice.com, Investors, Kelly Loeffler, VP Investor Relations & Corp. Communications, IntercontinentalExchange, +1-770-857-4726, kelly.loeffler at theice.com