Eurex Repo sees volume drop-off in April
04 May 2016 Frankfurt
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Eurex Repo, which operates the GC Pooling and Euro Repo markets, suffered a 22 percent drop in its monthly outstanding volume in April.
It recorded a monthly average outstanding volume of €150.8 billion last month, compared to €193.3 billion in April 2015.
Eurex Repo put this negative development down to the quantitative easing policy of the European Central Bank.
The secured money market GC Pooling was also down from last year’s result, with an average outstanding volume of €115.9 billion, against €158.3 billion in 2015.
The Euro Repo market average outstanding volume was down a fraction at €34.9 billion, compared with €35 billion April 2015.
Eurex Exchange’s equity index derivatives segment achieved 62.7 million contracts for April, up from 52 million in 2015.
The single largest contract was the future on the EURO STOXX 50 Index with 27.4 million contracts, with the options on this blue chip index reaching 20.3 million contracts.
Futures on the DAX index recorded 2.3 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 2.2 million contracts.
The Eurex KOSPI Product accounted for 1.6 million contracts.
The equity options and single stock futures segment at Eurex Exchange reached almost 28.3 million contracts, down from 32.5 million in April 2015.
Of this total, equity options totaled 15.2 million contracts and single stock futures equaled 13.1 million contracts.
It recorded a monthly average outstanding volume of €150.8 billion last month, compared to €193.3 billion in April 2015.
Eurex Repo put this negative development down to the quantitative easing policy of the European Central Bank.
The secured money market GC Pooling was also down from last year’s result, with an average outstanding volume of €115.9 billion, against €158.3 billion in 2015.
The Euro Repo market average outstanding volume was down a fraction at €34.9 billion, compared with €35 billion April 2015.
Eurex Exchange’s equity index derivatives segment achieved 62.7 million contracts for April, up from 52 million in 2015.
The single largest contract was the future on the EURO STOXX 50 Index with 27.4 million contracts, with the options on this blue chip index reaching 20.3 million contracts.
Futures on the DAX index recorded 2.3 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 2.2 million contracts.
The Eurex KOSPI Product accounted for 1.6 million contracts.
The equity options and single stock futures segment at Eurex Exchange reached almost 28.3 million contracts, down from 32.5 million in April 2015.
Of this total, equity options totaled 15.2 million contracts and single stock futures equaled 13.1 million contracts.
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