On Friday, OCC announced that January total cleared contract volume reached 365,027,878 contracts, up 8 percent from January 2012’s volume of 337,222,938 contracts.
OCC?s options and futures volume also rose significantly last month, making it the second highest January for OCC cleared contract volume on record behind January 2011. OCC?s stock loan program also reported a strong start to the year.
Here’s a look at the OCC-cleared products volume for January.
Options:?Exchange-listed options trading volume in January was 361,071,621?contracts, up 8 percent from January 2012.? Equity options trading volume increased 4 percent from the previous January with?327,265,575 contracts. Index options trading volume jumped 53 percent from the?previous January?with 33,806,046 contracts.
Average daily options volume for January was?17,193,887?contracts.
Futures:?Futures cleared by OCC reached 3,956,257 contracts in January, a 117 percent rise from January 2012. Equity futures volume hit 537,739?contracts, a 78 percent increase from January 2012.? Index and other futures volume rose 125 percent from the previous January with 3,418,518 contracts.
Last month, OCC cleared an average of 188,393?futures contracts per day.?
Securities Lending: OCC’s securities lending CCP activities saw a 57 percent increase in new loans over?January?2012 with 100,574 transactions last month. The average daily January 2013 loan value at OCC was $44,231,813,101.