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OCC lending CCP dips for February


04 March 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

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OCC's securities lending CCP activities declined by 2 percent in new loans year-on-year, with 88,536 transactions seen in February 2014. However, year-to-date stock loan activity is up 2 percent from 2013, with 194,670 new loan transactions in 2014. The average daily loan value at OCC in February was $90,698,085,343.

Total cleared volume in February reached 350,507,077 contracts, an 8 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 325,237,351 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total cleared contract volume is up 8 percent in 2014 with 746,102,697 contracts.

Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 344,908,034 in February, a 7 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 320,943,312 contracts. Average daily options trading volume for the month was 18,153,055 contracts, 7 percent higher than February of last year. Year-to-date options trading volume is up 8 percent from 2013 with 734,729,169 contracts.

OCC cleared futures volume reached 5,599,043 contracts in February, a 30 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 4,294,039 contracts. OCC cleared an average of 294,686 futures contracts per day last month, a 30 percent increase from February 2013. OCC’s year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 38 percent with 11,373,528 contracts in 2014.
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