Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading experienced record share and dollar volumes in the month of July across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

The U.S. desk traded 11.8 billion shares with a total U.S. dollar value of $371.5 billion in July, which represents a 33 percent volume increase and a 25 percent dollar increase over monthly averages. During four of the days, the desk executed more than 600 million shares per day.

In Europe, 7.4 billion shares were traded through MSET's electronic platform with a total U.S. dollar value of $99.6 billion. This represents a 43 percent volume increase over the monthly average and a 26 percent increase in dollar value over the monthly average. In just one day of trading, the group traded more than $6 billion of securities.

The MSET Asia desk also saw record volumes this month with 3.4 billion shares traded, representing an 11 percent increase over their monthly average. In terms of notional value, the desk experienced a nine percent increase over monthly averages.

Last month saw MSET execute the first direct market access trade in India. In addition, Morgan Stanley Institutional Sales and Trading was recognized in Investment Technology Group Inc.'s Broker Edge Universe Survey for "Best Execution of Large Orders" and was ranked first among the full-service brokerage firms for "Most Difficult Large Orders."