OCC cleared sec lending volume up 19% YoY 04 October 2022US Reporter: Lucy Carter
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Securities lending transaction volume cleared through OCC has grown 19.2 per cent year-on-year to 203, 860 trades for September 2022.
However, average daily loan value for securities lending trades cleared through the Chicago-based clearing house have contracted 4.0 per cent to US$122.56 billion for September 2022 relative to September 2021.
For options contracts, total average daily volume for all options cleared through OCC has grown 5.1 per cent YoY to 40.59 million year-to-date.
This has been driven particularly by a 50.4 per cent YoY rise in ADV for ETF options to 15.64 million ytd and a 40.4 per cent YoY rise in ADV for index options to 2.70 million ytd.
For equity options, average daily volume has contracted 15.4 per cent to 22.25 million ytd.
Total monthly cleared futures and options volume through OCC has grown 12.0 per cent to 915.25 million contracts for September 2022 relative to September 2021.
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