Knight Capital Group, Inc. (August 14, 2008) (Nasdaq: NITE) today posted monthly U.S. equity volume statistics for the month of July 2008 on its web site.

For the month of July 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.2 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively and the S&P 500 Index declined 1.0 percent.
 
"In July, an overall increase in broad stock market volumes contributed to growth in Knight’s daily average U.S. equity share volume, trades and dollar value traded," said Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Knight Capital Group. "Listed volumes were largely driven by alternative liquidity providers and new quantitative trading models. Despite investor uncertainty, we witnessed some speculative activity as evidenced by a jump in shares traded of Bulletin Boards and Pink Sheets."

	Average daily dollar value traded in July 2008 was $20.0 billion, up approximately 9.9 percent from $18.2 billion in June 2008 and up approximately 41.8 percent from $14.1 billion in July 2007.
	Average daily U.S. equity trade volume in July 2008 was 2.5 million, up approximately 24.1 percent from 2.0 million in June 2008, and up approximately 77.1 percent from 1.4 million in July 2007.
	Average daily U.S. equity share volume was 5.2 billion in July 2008, up approximately 40.2 percent from 3.7 billion in June 2008, and up approximately 33.4 percent from 3.9 billion in July 2007.
There were 21.5 trading days in July 2008, 21 in June 2008, and 20.5 in July 2007.