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OCC sees securities lending activity rise


02 August 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

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OCC's securities lending central counterparty clearing house activity was up 19 percent in new loans from July with 218,786 transactions last month.

Year-to-date stock loan activity increased by 22 percent from 2017 with 1,611,382 new loan transactions in 2018.

The average daily loan value at OCC in July was $169 billion.

Total cleared contract volume in July reached 373,984,999 contracts, up 15 percent compared to July 2017 volume of 324,718,888.

OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up 21 percent with 20,551,805 contracts compared to 17,045,133 contracts in 2017.

Overall exchange-listed options volume reached 367,568,020 contracts in July, up 17 percent from July 2017.

Equity options volume reached a total of 333,216,875 contracts, a 20 percent increase from July 2017.

Futures cleared by OCC reached 6,416,979 contracts in July, down 43 percent from July 2017.

OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 428,430 contracts, 23.3 percent less than 2017.
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