Intercontinental Exchange Inc. - ICE STOCK NEWS

Worldscale Association has selected ICE's European Carbon Allowance (EUA) futures settlement price as the benchmark carbon price for calculating tanker freight rates in 2025. This decision comes as the maritime sector must now account for carbon emissions under the EU Emissions Trading System. Worldscale will use the average daily settlement price from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, of ICE's EUA futures December 2024 contract for its 2025 tanker freight calculations. ICE's EUA futures and options market is currently the most liquid carbon market globally, with its environmental markets showing a 28% year-over-year increase in open interest.

ICE's October 2024 mortgage performance data shows the national delinquency rate at 3.45%, up 6% year-over-year, marking five consecutive months of increases. Serious delinquencies (90+ days) rose 7.3% from last year, reaching a 17-month high. While foreclosure starts (+12.2%) and completions (+10.1%) increased monthly, they remain below pre-pandemic levels. The total number of properties 30+ days past due or in foreclosure reached 2,058,000. Prepayment activity surged to levels not seen since May 2022, nearly doubling year-over-year. Louisiana leads states with the highest non-current percentage at 8.15%, while Washington has the lowest at 2.03%.

NYSHEX announces the first closing of its Series C funding round, led by Collate Capital, with participation from existing investors including Goldman Sachs Alternatives, NewRoad Capital, and Blumberg Capital. Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) joins as a strategic investor and collaborator. The partnership aims to launch new freight rate indices in 2025, with ICE serving as the calculation agent. NYSHEX will develop indices based on actual cargo moving rates, governed by industry representatives, and freely available for carriers, shippers, and NVOCCs. The collaboration includes technology development to facilitate index-linked contract administration.

NYSE Group, part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), has announced its holiday and early closing calendar for 2025, 2026, and 2027. The schedule applies to all NYSE cash equity markets, including NYSE American Equities, NYSE Arca Equities, NYSE Chicago, NYSE National, as well as NYSE American Options, NYSE Arca Options, and NYSE Bonds markets. The calendar includes standard market closures for major holidays and early closing times (1:00 PM ET) for specific dates before holidays. Special trading arrangements include Crossing Session orders from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM on early closing days.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) announced that CFO Warren Gardiner will present at the J.P. Morgan Ultimate Services Investor Conference on Thursday, November 14 at 10:10 a.m. ET. The presentation will be accessible via live webcast and replay through ICE's investor relations website section at http://ir.theice.com.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) achieved its highest trading volume in history during October 2024, with 209 million contracts traded across futures and options. The month set multiple records, including highest volumes in commodity trading (117 million contracts), energy trading (108 million contracts), and interest rate trading (85 million contracts). Notable achievements include record-breaking volumes in Brent crude oil (38.2 million contracts) and Euribor (50.5 million contracts), surpassing the previous record from March 2020.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) reported strong October 2024 trading statistics with significant year-over-year growth across multiple segments. Total average daily volume (ADV) increased 40% with open interest up 20%. The company achieved record performance in Energy trading, with ADV up 21% and notable gains across oil products, including record Brent options volume. Financial markets showed remarkable growth with ADV up 86%, highlighted by record interest rates trading volume up 102%. Notable performances included SONIA ADV increasing 172% and Euribor ADV rising 80%. NYSE operations also showed positive momentum with cash equities ADV up 3% and equity options ADV up 12%.

ICE's Q3 2024 Mortgage Monitor Report reveals record-high mortgage holder equity of $17.2T, with $11.2T being 'tappable'. Homeowners withdrew $48B in Q3, marking a two-year high, yet this represents only 0.42% of available equity - less than half the historical 0.92% extraction rate. HELOC rates, which topped 9.5% recently, are expected to decrease to the low 7% range by end of 2025 following Federal Reserve rate cuts. This could reduce monthly payments on a $50K equity withdrawal from $413 to below $300, potentially spurring increased home equity borrowing despite remaining above historical averages.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share for Q4 2024, representing a 7% increase from the $0.42 per share paid in Q4 2023. The dividend will be paid on December 31, 2024, to shareholders of record as of December 16, 2024, which is also the ex-dividend date.