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Cleared Contract Volume Up In June For OCC

OCC announced today that cleared contract volume in June reached 340,826,276 contracts, up 4 percent from June 2014 volume.

ISE and ISE Gemini combined represent 17.8% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.

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Total options and futures average daily volume (ADV) at CBOE Holdings during May was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of 2 percent from April 2015.

ISE and ISE Gemini combined represent 17.8% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.

Here’s a look at total options and equity options May marketshare numbers from 2014 and 2015 according to OCC data.

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