OCC sees securities lending loan increase 03 January 2013Chicago Reporter: Jenna Jones
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OCC securities lending counterparty (CCP) activities saw a 92 percent increase in new loans year-on-year with 86,694 transactions in December.
Annual stock loan activity was also up 31 percent from 2011 with 973,384 new loan transactions in 2012. OCC’s stock loan programme ended the year with an average daily loan value of $35,891,601,372.
Futures cleared by OCC reached 4,662,503 contracts in December, a 124 percent increase year-on-year. OCC’s annual cleared futures volume reached 38,304,493 contracts in 2012, an increase of 96,738 contracts over 2011.
Exchange-listed options trading reached 312,528,471 contracts in December, a two percent decline year-on-year. Total options volume for the year reached 4,003,871,308 contracts, a 12 percent decline over 2011.
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