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OneChicago surpasses 2011 block trading volume


02 August 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

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Equity finance exchange OneChicago’s block trading volume in the first seven months of 2012 surpassed more than 2.5 million contracts, exceeding all blocks activity in 2011.

Its July 2012 volume of 369,694 was up 219 percent year-over-year when compared with July 2011.

July 2012 exchange futures for physicals (EFPs) were up 55 percent from the previous month, as more than 350,000 EFPs and blocks were traded. EFPs and blocks activity represented $2.1 billion in notional value in July.

More than 85,000 of July 2012 futures that were valued at more than $558 million were taken to delivery.
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