NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading independent execution and research broker, today announced that December 2012 U.S. trading volume was 3.6 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 182 million shares. This compares to 4.0 billion shares and ADV of 188 million shares in November 2012 and 3.5 billion shares and ADV of 167 million shares in December 2011. There were 20 trading days in December 2012 and 21 trading days in both November 2012 and December 2011.

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ITG U.S. Trading Activity

December 2012 

         Total U.S.   # of      Total U.S.               Average
           Shares     Trade       Volume                U.S. Daily
                      Days                               Volumes
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          December           20           3,631,509,142          181,575,457
            2012
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        Year-to-Date:       250          45,389,797,706          181,559,191
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These statistics are preliminary and may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings. Volume statistics are posted on the investor relations section of ITG's website, investor.itg.com, and are available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.

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