OCC Announces 2% Decrease in Cleared Contract Volume in February While Stock Loan Activity Rose 7%
(firmenpresse) - CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 03/01/12 -- OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February reached 351,702,360 contracts, representing a 2 percent decrease from the February 2011 volume of 357,275,834 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is down 7 percent from 2011 with 688,925,298 contracts.
Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 349,463,168 contracts in February, a 1 percent decrease from February 2011. Equity options volume fell 3 percent from the previous February with 323,293,320 contracts. Index options trading rose 18 percent from February 2011 with 26,169,848 contacts. Average daily options volume for the month of February was 17,473,158 contracts.
: OCC cleared 2,239,192 futures contracts in February, a 27 percent decrease from February 2011. Equity futures volume was up 33 percent from February 2011 with 237,197 contracts. Index and other futures volume came in at 2,001,960 contracts, a 31 percent decrease from February 2011. OCC cleared an average of 111,960 futures contracts per day during the month of February.
OCC's stock loan program, including OTC and AQS, saw a 7 percent increase in new loan activity over February 2011 with 68,820 new loan transactions in February. Year-to-date securities lending activity is down 3 percent from 2011 with 132,046 new loan transactions in 2012. OCC's stock loan program had an average daily notional value of $21,899,818,617.
OCC is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC operates under the jurisdiction of both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Registered Clearing Agency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Derivatives Clearing Organization. OCC now provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 15 exchanges and trading platforms for options, financial and commodity futures, security futures and securities lending transactions. More information about OCC is available at .
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