TSX Group Inc. today said its first-quarter profit rose 4.9%, helped by higher subscriptions for real-time market data and increased listing fees.

The owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange had net income of $36.4 million, or 53¢ a share, in the quarter ended March 31.

That’s up from $34.7 million, or 50¢ a share, from the year-before period.

The company said quarterly revenue rose 15% to $101.2 million from $88 million, driven by strong gains in listing and market data revenue, while trading-related revenue rose slightly.

The total volume of securities traded on the two exchanges during the quarter rose by 10% over the year-before period to 37.2 billion from 33.8 billion.

TSX also owns the NGX energy futures exchange, and announced last month it will partner with U.S.-based International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. to launch a Canadian derivatives market.

Richard Nesbitt, CEO of TSX Group, stated, “The first quarter of 2007 was filled with a tremendous amount of activity. We once again delivered strong financial results, and we finalized the terms of the initiatives that we announced in March. Our alliance with the International Securities Exchange is an important building block as we move towards offering customers an integrated cash and derivatives market for trading multiple asset classes in North America in 2009.”