Total cleared equity derivatives clearing contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts, a 27 percent increase from the previous year making it the highest April on record, according to OCC.
Results also revealed that year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up 29 percent from last year with 22,026,812 contracts compared to 17,027,383 contracts the previous year.
OCC said that exchange-listed options volume reached 398,481,297 contracts in April, up 29 percent from April last year.
Equity options volume reached 356,177,370 contracts, a 32 percent increase from April 2017. This includes cleared exchange-traded fund options volume of 164,495,446 contracts in April, a 27 percent increase over April last year’s volume of 129,366,338 contracts.
Index options volume was up five percent with 42,303,927 contracts in April.
Futures cleared by OCC reached 7,371,882 contracts in April, down 32 percent from April last year. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume was 498,911 contracts, six percent less than last year.
OCC said that its securities lending central counterparty activity was up 25 percent in new loans from April last year with 221,744 transactions last month.
Year-to-date stock loan activity increased 26 percent from last year with 915,802 new loan transactions this year.
The average daily loan value at OCC in April was $183 billion.
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