ICE Futures Europe Sets Daily Volume, Brent Crude and Gasoil Futures Records

LONDON, February 25, 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 1,698,258
contracts on 24 February, surpassing the previous record of 1,626,277 set on
23 February. New daily volume records for the benchmark ICE Brent Crude
futures contract and the ICE Gasoil futures contract were also set on 24
February.

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Volume in Brent Crude futures was 821,857 contracts, up from the previous
record of 805,232 contracts which was set on 23 February. Volume in Gasoil
futures was 445,325 contracts, up from the previous record of 391,046
contracts which was set on 10 November 2010.

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.

The ICE Gasoil futures contract is the world's largest refined petroleum
product futures contract. Introduced in 1981, the ICE Gasoil futures contract
has become the underlying pricing reference for refined products around the
world. Today, the ICE Gasoil contract offers traders deep liquidity and the
versatility of a global benchmark.

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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