Knight Capital Group Comments On Contributions To Stabilize The U.S. Equity Markets In Response To The Plunge On May 6, 2010

JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) today commented in response to media reports on the firm's contributions to stabilize the U.S. equity markets in response to the sudden plunge in the major market indexes that occurred the afternoon of May 6, 2010.

• Knight set a new record for U.S. equity volume in a single trading day by executing $71.6 billion in dollar value traded, 9.3 million trades and 16.5 billion shares traded on May 6, 2010

• Despite the historic surge in volume, Knight's systems never went down and we experienced only minor issues late in the trading day

• Approximately 99.6 percent of all orders were executed without interruption; the orders that were delayed were all filled and any client issues were addressed

"As one of the single largest providers of U.S. equity liquidity, Knight contributed to the stabilization of  the markets by providing record amounts of liquidity to our clients," said Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Knight Capital Group. "We have never been prouder of the performance of our employees and of our technology and we will continue to provide our clients with some of the finest execution quality in the industry."

About Knight

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) is a global financial services firm that provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes to buy- and sell-side firms. Knight's hybrid market model features complementary electronic and voice trade execution services in global equities and fixed income as well as foreign exchange, futures and options. The firm is the leading source of liquidity in U.S. equities by share volume. Knight also offers capital markets services to corporate issuers. Knight is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ with a growing global presence across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, please go to www.knight.com.

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SOURCE Knight Capital Group, Inc.

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