EX-99.1 2 a05-2925_2ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

ITG

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

 

Contacts:

 

Howard C. Naphtali

 

Maureen Murphy

Chief Financial Officer

 

Investor Relations

(212) 444-6160

 

(212) 444-6323

 

ITG Releases January 2005 U.S. Trading Statistics

 

NEW YORK, NY, February 8, 2005 – Investment Technology Group, Inc. (“ITG”) (NYSE: ITG), today announced that U.S. trading volume was 1.8 billion shares for the month ended January 31, 2005, averaging 92 million shares per trading day. This compares to 2.1 billion shares (95 million per trading day) in December 2004 and 1.7 billion shares (84 million per trading day) in January 2004.

 

There were 20 trading days in January 2005, compared to 22 trading days in December 2004 and 20 trading days in January 2004.

 

Monthly volume statistics are preliminary, and accordingly may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings. Volume statistics are posted on ITG’s Web site, http://www.itginc.com, and are also available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.

 

 

ITG U.S. Trading Activity

 

Total U.S.
Shares

 

# of
Trade
Days

 

Total U.S.
Volume

 

Average U.S.
Daily
Volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        January:

 

20

 

1,839,617,069

 

91,980,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-Date:

 

20

 

1,839,617,069

 

91,980,853

 

 

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ABOUT ITG

 

ITG is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Toronto. As a leading provider of technology-based equity trading services and transaction research to institutional investors and brokers, ITG helps clients to access liquidity, execute trades more efficiently and make better trading decisions. ITG generates superior trading results for its clients through three lines of business. POSITÒ, the world’s largest equity matching system, allows clients to trade confidentially. The Electronic Trading Desk is recognized as one of the leading program trading operations in the U.S. ITG’s leading-edge Client-Site Trading Products allow users to implement their own trading strategies by providing direct electronic access to most sources of market liquidity. For additional information, visit http://www.itginc.com.

 

In addition to historical information, this press release may contain “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that reflect management’s expectations for the future. A variety of important factors could cause results to differ materially from such statements. These factors include the company’s ability to achieve expected future levels of sales; the actions of both current and potential new competitors; rapid changes in technology; financial market volatility; general economic conditions in the United States and elsewhere; evolving industry regulation; cash flows into or redemption from equity funds; effects of inflation; customer trading patterns; and new products and services. These and other risks are described in greater detail in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the company’s web site.

 

Boston • Dublin • Hong Kong • London • Los Angeles • Melbourne • New York • Sydney • Tel Aviv • Toronto

 

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