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by Stockwatch Business Reporter

Pure Trading was the third most active alternative trading system in Canada for last week, ending Nov. 23, 2012. Alpha Exchange held its lead, trading an average of 99 million shares a day for 16.2 per cent of volume. Chi-X Canada followed, closer behind than usual, with an average of 82 million shares a day for 13.4 per cent of volume. Pure came third, trading 12.9 million shares a day for 2.1 per cent. Dark pool Match Now came fourth with 8.7 million shares a day for 1.4 per cent. Then there was Omega ATS with 8.3 million shares a day for 1.3 per cent, and TMX Select with 5.1 million shares or 0.8 per cent. Together, the ATSs captured 35.4 per cent of volume, leaving 64.6 per cent to the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange.

Of securities listed only on the TSX, the exchange handled 56.7 per cent of volume. Alpha handled 18.5 per cent, while Chi-X handled a record 17 per cent. The other ATSs had the remaining 7.8 per cent.

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