ICE Millions FX and Russell 1000 Index Mini(R) Set Daily Volume Records

ATLANTA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICE Futures U.S.(R), a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, reported record volume in its new ICE Millions foreign exchange futures contracts of 735 contracts, or 7,350 mini-equivalent contracts, on November 19. The exchange also announced a new daily volume record for the Russell 1000(R) Index Mini futures contracts of 2,161 contracts.

Yesterday was the ninth consecutive trading day of volume growth for the ICE Millions FX contracts. In the first two weeks of trading, ICE Millions traded over $3 billion U.S. dollars in notional value. On November 6, ICE Futures U.S. launched the suite of ICE Millions futures. The contracts are ten times the notional value of the existing suite of ICE FX futures and options contracts. Covering a dozen currency cross rates, the ICE Millions bring price and transactional efficiencies to the FX marketplace.

Market data for ICE Millions and the Russell index futures contracts are available via the ICE website at www.theice.com.

About IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) operates regulated global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets for agricultural, energy, equity index and currency contracts, as well as credit derivatives. ICE(R) offers these markets to participants around the world through its technology infrastructure and trading platform, together with clearing, market data and risk management services. ICE Futures Europe(R) is ICE's regulated energy futures exchange. ICE's regulated North American exchanges, ICE Futures U.S.(R) and ICE Futures Canada(TM), offer markets for agricultural and financial contracts. Creditex, a market leader in trade execution and processing for credit derivatives, is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICE. A member of the Russell 1000(R) and S&P 500 indices, ICE is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in New York, London, Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Houston and Singapore. www.theice.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding IntercontinentalExchange's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and ICE's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, as filed with the SEC on February 13, 2008, August 4, 2008, and October 30, 2008, respectively.

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