Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï lending volumes cleared through OCC fall 1.2% for Feb
03 March 2023 US
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Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï lending volumes cleared through OCC have contracted 1.22 per cent YoY for February to 173,888 trades, with average daily loan value for the month falling 12.3 per cent YoY to US$117.6 billion.
For futures and options contracts, total volume has grown 9.9 per cent YoY to 887.6 million contracts for February, representing the highest February cleared volume on record according to the Chicago-based clearing house.
This expansion has been powered by a 4.7 per cent YoY increase in equity options to 470.5 million and a 12.6 per cent rise in cleared ETF options contracts to 345.6 million.
Clearing activity in index options has risen 45.7 per cent YoY for February to 67.1 million.
In contrast, futures contracts cleared through OCC have fallen 16.7 per cent to 4.3 million YoY.
For futures and options contracts, total volume has grown 9.9 per cent YoY to 887.6 million contracts for February, representing the highest February cleared volume on record according to the Chicago-based clearing house.
This expansion has been powered by a 4.7 per cent YoY increase in equity options to 470.5 million and a 12.6 per cent rise in cleared ETF options contracts to 345.6 million.
Clearing activity in index options has risen 45.7 per cent YoY for February to 67.1 million.
In contrast, futures contracts cleared through OCC have fallen 16.7 per cent to 4.3 million YoY.
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