OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in March was 341,593,001 contracts, representing a 6 percent decrease from the March 2014 volume of 362,379,835 contracts. OCC’s 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.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 337,034,588 contracts in March, a 5 percent decrease from March 2014. Average daily options volume this year is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,275,861 contracts.
Equity options volume in March 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.
Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in March 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.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP 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.
OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME MARCH 2015 |
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March 2015 Total Contract Volume |
March 2014 Total Contract Volume |
March Total Contract % Change vs. 2014 |
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2015 |
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2014 |
Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2014 |
Equity Options |
308,209,312 |
321,641,596 |
-4.18% |
14,822,313 |
16,073,394 |
-7.78% |
Index Options |
28,825,276 |
33,928,803 |
-15.04% |
1,453,547 |
1,800,369 |
-19.26% |
Total Options |
337,034,588 |
355,570,399 |
-5.21% |
16,275,861 |
17,873,764 |
-8.94% |
Total Futures |
4,558,413 |
6,809,436 |
-33.06% |
224,309 |
298,081 |
-24.75% |
Total Volume |
341,593,001 |
362,379,835 |
-5.74% |
16,500,170 |
18,171,845 |
-9.20% |