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OCC announces 6 percent decrease in volumes


02 April 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

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OCC’s total cleared contract volume in March stood at 341,593,001 contracts, representing a 6 percent decrease from the March 2014 volume of 362,379,835 contracts.

The year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,500,170 contracts.

Stock loan activity at OCC in March was up 17 percent from March 2014.

Exchange-listed options volume reached 337,034,588 contracts in March, a 5 percent decrease from March 2014.

Average daily options volume at OCC in 2015 is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,275,861 contracts.

Equity options volume in March 2015 reached 308,209,312 contracts, a 4 percent decrease from March 2014. Index options volume for the month was down 15 percent with 28,825,276 contracts.

OCC’s cleared futures volume in March 2015 was 4,558,413 contracts, a 33 percent decrease from March 2014.

Year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume at OCC is down 25 percent from 2014 with 224,309 contracts.

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was up 17 percent in new loans from March 2014 with 114,342 transactions last month.

Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 10 percent from 2014 with 317,464 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in March was $175,202,462,719.
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