OCC's securities lending activity up 31 percent 02 November 2012Chicago Reporter: Jenna Jones
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Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) securities lending CCP activities saw a 31 percent increase in new loans from October 2011 with 77,292 transactions in October.
Year-to-date stock loan activity is also up 26 percent from 2011 with 813,950 new loan transactions in 2012.
Futures cleared by OCC reached 3,247,032 contracts in October this year, a 31 percent increase from October 2011. Equities futures reached 424,573 contracts this month, up 149 percent from 2011.
Average daily options trading volume in October was 15,444,282 contracts, which was 17 percent lower than October 2011. Total options trading volume for the month reached 324,329,913 contracts, also a 17 percent decline from October 2011.
OCC’s year-to-date options trading volume is down 14 percent with 3,355,815,364 contracts.
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