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OCC cleared contracts down from 2014


01 July 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

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OCC’s cleared contract volume in May reached 308.6 million contracts, a 3 percent decrease from the May 2014 volume of 319.7 million contracts.

The clearing organisation's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 7 percent from 2014 with 16.1 million contracts in 2015.

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity in May 2015 was up 9 percent in new loans from May 2014 with 109,626 transactions during the month.

Year-to-date stock loan activity increased 11 percent from 2014 with 540,068 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in May was $196.2 billion.

Exchange-listed options volume reached 304,133,734 contracts in May 2015, a 4 percent decrease from the May 2014 volume of 315.6 million contracts. Year-to-date average daily options volume slid 7 percent from 2014 with 15.9 million contracts in 2015.

Equity options volume in May 2015 was 275.4 million contracts, a 3 percent decrease from May 2014. Index options volume in May 2015 was down 9 percent from May 2014 with 28.7 million contracts.

Finally, OCC’s cleared futures volume in May reached 4.5 million contracts, a 10 percent increase from the May 2014 volume of 4.1 million contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume decreased—down 18 percent from 2014 with 217,073 contracts in 2015.
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