Ten percent increase for OCC for July 2014
04 August 2014 Chicago
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OCC has announced a 10 percent increase in cleared contract volume for the month of July 2014 compared to July 2013, despite securities lending activity being down 14 percent in new loans.
The year-to-date stock loan activity is down 10 percent from 2013 with 691,990 new loan transactions in 2014.
OCC cleared 5,153,349 million futures contracts in July, a 21 percent increase from July 2014. OCC’s average daily cleared futures volume also reported a 21 percent increase, with the year-to-date cleared futures volume up 14 percent from 2013.
Exchange-listed options trading volume increased 9 percent from July 2013 with 355,432,350 contracts. There was also a 9 percent increase in average daily options trading volume and year-to-date total options volume is up 0.6 percent from 2013 with 2,438,523,550 contracts.
With the cleared contract volume standing at 360,585,699, this is the second highest volume on record behind July 2008’s figure.
The year-to-date stock loan activity is down 10 percent from 2013 with 691,990 new loan transactions in 2014.
OCC cleared 5,153,349 million futures contracts in July, a 21 percent increase from July 2014. OCC’s average daily cleared futures volume also reported a 21 percent increase, with the year-to-date cleared futures volume up 14 percent from 2013.
Exchange-listed options trading volume increased 9 percent from July 2013 with 355,432,350 contracts. There was also a 9 percent increase in average daily options trading volume and year-to-date total options volume is up 0.6 percent from 2013 with 2,438,523,550 contracts.
With the cleared contract volume standing at 360,585,699, this is the second highest volume on record behind July 2008’s figure.
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