OCC sec finance rockets up in March
04 April 2016 Chicago
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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) saw its central counterparty securities lending new loan volume soar by 47 percent year-on-year in March.
Over 455,000 securities lending transactions were recorded for March, with an average daily loan value of $145 billion.
OCC cleared futures also boomed in March, growing 62 percent year-on-year.
The average daily cleared futures volume in Q1 was 343,586 contracts, 53 percent higher than Q1 2015.
Overall exchange-listed options volume rose by a modest 3 percent during the same period, with 347 million contracts recorded over the month.
Equity options volume reached 309 million contracts, a slight increase of 0.26 percent from March 2015.
This includes cleared exchange-traded funds options, which went up by 11 percent year-to-year with a volume of 142 million contracts for March.
Index options volume was up 32 percent with 38 million contracts in March.​
Over 455,000 securities lending transactions were recorded for March, with an average daily loan value of $145 billion.
OCC cleared futures also boomed in March, growing 62 percent year-on-year.
The average daily cleared futures volume in Q1 was 343,586 contracts, 53 percent higher than Q1 2015.
Overall exchange-listed options volume rose by a modest 3 percent during the same period, with 347 million contracts recorded over the month.
Equity options volume reached 309 million contracts, a slight increase of 0.26 percent from March 2015.
This includes cleared exchange-traded funds options, which went up by 11 percent year-to-year with a volume of 142 million contracts for March.
Index options volume was up 32 percent with 38 million contracts in March.​
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