OCC securities lending average daily loan value grows 15% YoY in February
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OCC securities lending average daily loan value grows 15% YoY in February 02 March 2022US Reporter: SFT
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Securities lending average daily loan value through OCC has climbed 15.8 per cent YoY to US$134.1 billion for February, with lending volumes up 53.0 per cent YoY to 176, 043.
Stock loan cleared value through the Chicago-based clearing house is also slightly up month-on-month, rising from 132.1 billion during January.
Total cleared futures and options through OCC have dipped compared with their 2021 equivalent, falling 2.6 per cent YoY to 807.3 million contracts for February.
Breaking these numbers down, total options contracts cleared through OCC have declined 2.6 per cent YoY to 823.4 million in February.
This decline is explained principally by a drop in equity options cleared contracts, down 21.5 per cent YoY to 449.2 million contracts.
In contrast, ETF options cleared through OCC have risen 43.6 per cent YoY to 306.9 million for February and index options have grown by 23.4 per cent YoY to 46.0 million.
OCC cleared futures contracts for February have increased 0.7 per cent YoY to 5.2 million.
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