OCC 's stock loan program drops slightly 03 October 2011Chicago Reporter: Anna Reitman
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OCC's stock loan program, including OTC and AQS, saw new loan activity fall one percent in September compared to the same month last year with 58,614 new loan transactions. However, year-to-date securities lending activity is up 47 percent from 2010 at just over 585,000 new loan transactions. The average daily notional value reached over $15.5 billion.
Exchange-listed options trading increased 30 percent over September 2010 and included the ninth and tenth highest trading volume days on record. Total options volume year-to-date through September was 3.5 billion contracts, nearly 23 percent higher than at the same point last year.
Futures cleared by OCC reached almost three million contracts in September, up 63 percent from September 2010. Year-to-date OCC has cleared 31.4 million contracts, already 18 percent higher than the total number of futures contracts cleared in 2010.
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