Intercontinental Exchange Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) reported strong trading volumes for August 2025, marking several record-breaking achievements across multiple segments. The company achieved record total open interest of 106.1M lots on August 25, representing a 13% year-over-year increase.

Notable performance was seen in Energy markets, with oil open interest up 14% y/y and record futures of 40.2M lots. The Financial markets showed robust growth with ADV up 6% y/y and open interest increasing 34% y/y. NYSE Cash Equities demonstrated significant growth with ADV up 39% y/y, while NYSE Equity Options ADV increased by 5% y/y.

ModernFi has secured a $30 million Series B funding round led by Canapi Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Curql, Remarkable Ventures, and new investor Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). This brings ModernFi's total funding to over $60 million.

The company provides critical deposit management infrastructure for banks and credit unions through two major networks: The National Bank InterDeposit Company (NBID), which serves banks representing over 40% of the reciprocal deposit market, and ModernFi CUSO, serving more than 75 leading credit unions. The platform integrates directly with financial institutions' core systems, offering automated tools for deposit management and liquidity access.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has announced that Global X Investments Canada has licensed ICE indices for four new BetaPro ETFs. These ETFs offer 300% leveraged and -300% inverse daily exposure to U.S. market segments.

The new ETFs include two Treasury-focused funds (TTLT and STLT) tracking the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index, and two semiconductor-focused funds (SOXL and SOXS) tracking the NYSE Semiconductor Index. All funds feature built-in currency hedging against U.S. dollar movements.

ICE currently has over $2 trillion in assets benchmarked to its indices, managing more than 7,000 fixed income, equity, currency, commodity, and mortgage indices globally.

ICE (NYSE:ICE) has released its July 2025 First Look report on mortgage performance, revealing a generally stable housing market despite some mixed signals. The national delinquency rate decreased to 3.27%, showing an 8 basis point monthly decline and a 9-basis-point improvement year-over-year.

Key findings include FHA loans remaining the primary stress point, accounting for 52% of serious delinquencies nationwide. While foreclosure activity increased, with starts up for eight consecutive months, the national foreclosure rate remains 35% below pre-pandemic levels. Prepayment activity increased slightly to 0.67%, up 12% from the previous year.

The report highlights significant regional variations, with Louisiana and Mississippi showing the highest non-current loan percentages at 7.55%, while Idaho maintained the lowest at 1.95%.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) announced a significant regulatory milestone as the SEC published ICE Clear Credit's application and rulebook for expanding into U.S. Treasury clearing services. The company plans to launch its Treasury clearing service later in 2025, pending regulatory approval.

The new service will operate as a distinct offering from ICE's current CDS clearing service, featuring its own rulebook, membership, risk management framework, and risk committee. ICE Clear Credit, which currently clears over 670 CDS instruments with over $2 trillion in open interest, will leverage its existing infrastructure and experience to provide both 'Done Away' and 'Done With' clearing implementation options.

Xactus, a fintech company specializing in mortgage verification solutions, has achieved ICE Platinum Partner status with ICE Mortgage Technology, a division of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). This prestigious designation recognizes Xactus's advanced platform knowledge, active participation in various initiatives, and successful implementation of complex projects.

As an ICE Platinum Partner, Xactus gains exclusive benefits including prominent Marketplace placement, expanded marketing opportunities, and access to specialized tools and resources. The partnership aims to enhance mortgage modernization through data and automation improvements.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) reported record trading volumes for its ICE Bonds platform in the first half of 2025. Corporate bond trading volume reached $120 billion, up 20% year-over-year, while municipal bond trading hit $109 billion, marking a 35% increase from H1 2024.

The company achieved a milestone with its first spread-based click-to-trade corporate bond order, combining institutional spread-based pricing with retail-focused click-to-trade execution. ICE Bonds expanded its services with a new RFQ protocol for Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), complementing its existing MBS Click-to-Trade marketplace.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) announced that KGI Securities Investment Trust Co. (KGI SITE) has launched Taiwan's first multi-asset ETF, the KGI US Top Balanced ETF. The ETF tracks the NYSE TPEx 70-30 Equity Top 10 N-Listed & Treasury 3-10 Year Balanced Index.

The innovative index combines 70% allocation to large cap, technology-focused equities from the NYSE Top 10 N-Listed Index and 30% allocation to U.S. Treasury bonds with 3-10 year maturities. This launch represents the first product from ICE and Taipei Exchange's index collaboration announced in November 2024.

The ETF aims to support long-term retirement planning through a balanced, diversified investment approach, with monthly rebalancing to maintain target allocations.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has expanded its climate data and analytics service to include over 5 million private companies globally. The enhanced offering integrates Dun & Bradstreet's private company data with ICE's geospatial intelligence platform and climate risk models.

The service provides comprehensive analytics for both physical risks (flood, wildfire, hurricane, extreme heat/cold exposure) and transition risks, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions metrics. This expansion enables investors to assess climate impact across entire portfolios, including traditionally opaque private markets, offering a consistent approach across major asset classes like public companies, sovereigns, municipal bonds, and mortgage-backed securities.