OCC has announced that total cleared contract volume in March reached 362,379,835 contracts, representing a 14 percent increase from March 2013. OCC’s year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 10 percent with?1,108,482,532?contracts in 2014’s first quarter.?
Here’s a look at the product breakdown.
Options
- Exchange-listed options trading volume reached?355,570,399?contracts in March, a 14 percent increase from March 2013.
- First quarter average daily options trading volume was?17,873,764?contracts, 8 percent higher than the first quarter of last year.
- Year-to-date total options volume is up 10 percent with?1,090,299,568contracts in 2014.
Futures
- Futures cleared by OCC reached?6,809,436?contracts in March, up 34 percent from March 2013.
- Average daily cleared futures volume in the first quarter was?298,081 contracts, 34 percent?higher than the first quarter of 2013.?
- Year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 37 percent with?18,182,964?contracts in 2014.
Securities Lending
- OCC’s securities lending CCP activity was off 1 percent in new loans from March 2013 with 95,094 transactions last month.
- Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 1 percent from 2013 with 290,788 new loan transactions in 2014.
- March average daily loan value at OCC was $93,771,464,543.
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