Is Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) stock Halal?

Intercontinental Exchange operates as a leading exchange operator and global provider of data services and technology solutions to financial markets. Its primary function is to facilitate the trading of energy, agricultural commodities, financial derivatives, fixed income, and equities through its network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses, including the iconic New York Stock Exchange. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Intercontinental Exchange stock Halal?

Is Intercontinental Exchange Shariah compliant?

No. In the October 2026 screening Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) does not pass AAOIFI screening: it fails the non-permissible income screen. In financial services the activity screen carries the verdict more often than anywhere else: AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 draws a hard line between fee based, permissible services and earning Riba as a business model. For Intercontinental Exchange, that distinction comes first, with the debt and investment ratios behind it.

Does Intercontinental Exchange pass the business activity test?

The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Intercontinental Exchange currently fails the non-permissible income screen, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The watch item in this sector is the sharpest of all: revenue must come from permissible services, not from lending at interest.

Is Intercontinental Exchange's income Halal?

No. Intercontinental Exchange's income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.

Does Intercontinental Exchange meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?

Yes. Both caps hold this month: interest bearing investments and interest bearing debt each stay below 30% of market capitalisation, measured against a market capitalisation of $85.3B (market data as of 1 October 2026). Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has ICE re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for Intercontinental Exchange?

Screeners can disagree without either being wrong. AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21, which Tabadulat applies, measures interest bearing debt and investments against market capitalisation with a 30% ceiling. MSCI and FTSE measure them against total assets with a 33% ceiling, and S&P and Dow Jones Islamic use a multi year average of market capitalisation. Data dates differ too, because each provider reads filings and prices on its own schedule. The same company can therefore pass one standard and fail another in the same month. Tabadulat publishes one answer, the AAOIFI result as of October 2026, and re-screens it every month.

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