OCC sees securities lending up in May
04 June 2019 Chicago
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OCC’s securities lending central counterparty (CCP) activity was up 0.3 percent in new loans from May 2018 with 119,589 transactions last month.
Year-to-date stock loan activity decreased 1.7 percent from 2018 with 567,184 new loan transactions in 2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in May was $73.8 billion.
Total cleared contract volume in May reached 464,971,407 contracts, a 13.1 percent increase compared to last May, and the highest total volume for May in OCC’s history.
OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is 19,609,615, down 8.0 percent compared to 2018’s record-breaking pace.
Futures cleared by OCC reached 9,029,622 contracts in May, up 20.1 percent from May 2018. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 310,478 contracts, 33.3 percent lower than 2018.
Overall exchange-listed options volume reached 455,941,785 contracts in May, up 12.9 percent from 403.7 million in 2018.
Equity options volume reached a total of 405.8 million contracts, a 10.8 percent increase from May 2018.
This includes cleared exchange traded funds options volume of 175.7 million contracts last month, a 16.4 percent increase compared to the May 2018 volume of 150.9 million contracts.
Index options volume was up 33.2 percent with 50 million contracts in May, with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1.9 million contracts.
Year-to-date stock loan activity decreased 1.7 percent from 2018 with 567,184 new loan transactions in 2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in May was $73.8 billion.
Total cleared contract volume in May reached 464,971,407 contracts, a 13.1 percent increase compared to last May, and the highest total volume for May in OCC’s history.
OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is 19,609,615, down 8.0 percent compared to 2018’s record-breaking pace.
Futures cleared by OCC reached 9,029,622 contracts in May, up 20.1 percent from May 2018. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 310,478 contracts, 33.3 percent lower than 2018.
Overall exchange-listed options volume reached 455,941,785 contracts in May, up 12.9 percent from 403.7 million in 2018.
Equity options volume reached a total of 405.8 million contracts, a 10.8 percent increase from May 2018.
This includes cleared exchange traded funds options volume of 175.7 million contracts last month, a 16.4 percent increase compared to the May 2018 volume of 150.9 million contracts.
Index options volume was up 33.2 percent with 50 million contracts in May, with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1.9 million contracts.
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