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OCC sec lending activity decreases in February


03 March 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

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OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was down 9 percent in new loans in February compared to the same month in 2014.

The CCP saw 97,356 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 4 percent from 2014, with 203,122 new loan transactions this year.

The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in February was $165,142,278,709.

Total cleared contract volume in February fell to 306,531,839 contracts, a 13 percent decrease from last year’s February volume of 350,507,077.

OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9 percent from 2014, with 17,049,163 contracts.

Cleared futures volume was down 28 percent on the previous year, reaching 4,003,865 contracts in February 2015.

Equity futures volume did increase 14 percent on the previous year, hitting 837,327 contracts.

OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is down 18 percent from 2014, with 233,960 contracts.
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