Montreal Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange established new trading records on November 4, exchange operation TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X) said Friday.

On TSXV, daily volume traded was 422,632,123, which exceeded the previous record of 422,028,135 set on October 13, 2010. Combined trading volume on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange on November 4 exceeded a billion shares, at 1,089,590,431.

On the MX, a record level of 166,876 equity option contracts traded November 4. The previous equity option record, totaling 156,120, was established on Sept. 29, 2008. The

MX trading volume for October 2010 reached 1,562,296 contracts, setting a new record for monthly equity option volume and exceeding the previous record of 1,538,440 contracts set in October 2008.

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