OCC reported on Monday that cleared contract volume reached?395,595,620 in January, an 8 percent increase from January 2013’s 365,027,878 contracts. January 2014 marks the highest January volume for OCC to date, reaching record highs in options, futures and stock loan activity.
Here’s a look at the January product breakdown.
Options??
- Exchange-listed options volume was 389,821,135 contracts, an 8 percent increase from January 2013 and the highest January options volume to date.
- Equity options trading volume reached?351,650,970 contracts, a 7 percent increase from January 2013.
- Index options trading volume reached 38,170,165 contracts, up 13 percent from January 2013.
- Average daily options trading volume for the month was 18,562,912 contracts.
Futures
- Futures cleared by OCC reached?5,774,485?contracts, a 46 percent increase from January 2013.
- Equity futures volume was 613,613 contracts, up 14 percent from January 2013.
- Index and other futures volume came in at 5,160,872 contracts last month, a 51 percent increase from 2013.
- OCC cleared an average of?274,975?futures contracts per day in January.
Securities Lending
- OCC’s securities lending CCP activities saw a 6 percent increase in new loans from January 2013 with 106,134 transactions last month.
- The average daily loan value at OCC was $80,232,802,121, which represents the highest average notional value ever recorded in a single month.