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OCC April 2026 Monthly Volume Report

Date 04/05/2026

OCC reported April 2026 total cleared contract volume of 1,450,713,654 contracts – up 13.6% per cent from April 2025. Total options cleared contract volume reached 1,446,072,023 in April 2026, up 13.9 per cent from 1,270,085,224 in Apri 2025. Equity options volume reached a total of 723,067,287 contracts, up 19.5 per cent. Total futures cleared contract volume reached 4,641,631 in April 2026, down 28.4 per cent from 6,487,200 in April 2025.

Deutsche Börse Trading Volumes In April 2026

Date 04/05/2026

Deutsche Börse with its trading venues Xetra and Frankfurt generated a turnover of €158.00 billion in April (previous year: €188.40 billion / previous month: €208.48 billion).

Digital Assets, Payment Efficiency And Monetary Policy - Speech By Piero Cipollone, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, At A Workshop On Digital Assets And Monetary Policy Transmission Organised By The European Central Bank, Banca d’Italia, The Euro Area Business Cycle Network And The Centre For Economic Policy Research

Date 04/05/2026

Digitalisation and tokenisation are transforming payments and finance.

Boerse Stuttgart Records April Turnover Of Around EUR 17 Billion - Increases In Structured Securities, Equities And Bonds Compared To The Same Month Of The Previous Year

Date 04/05/2026

Boerse Stuttgart is the German exchange of Boerse Stuttgart Group. The European group also operates exchanges in Sweden and Switzerland.

Higher Prices Sustained Small Business Sales Growth In April, Fiserv Data Shows - Fiserv Small Business Index Remains Steady At 144 - Year-Over-Year Sales Grew +1.1%

Date 04/05/2026

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for April 2026, indicating that U.S. small business sales growth was driven largely by the higher prices consumers are paying for goods and services.

Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets: Trading Statistics April 2026

Date 04/05/2026

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets. 

DTCC Advances Development Of New Tokenization Service, Convenes 50+ Firms To Drive Digital Assets Adoption - DTCC To Facilitate Initial, Limited Production Trades Of Securities Tokenized Via DTC's Tokenization Service In July 2026, With Plans To Launch The Service In October 2026

Date 04/05/2026

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced progress and timelines on the delivery of The Depository Trust Company’s (DTC’s) tokenization service, which is being designed with feedback and collaboration from more than 50 financial industry firms.

ESMA Advances The Simplification Of EU Reporting Frameworks For Funds And Transactions

Date 04/05/2026

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU financial markets regulator and supervisor, has launched a harmonised approach to funds reporting and has set a clear path towards streamlined, more efficient transaction reporting across European markets.

CME Group Reports April 2026 ADV Of 25.9 Million Contracts

Date 04/05/2026

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2026 average daily volume (ADV) reached 25.9 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

World Economic Forum: New Report Shows How AI Gives Cybersecurity Competitive Advantage

Date 04/05/2026

• 94% of cyber leaders identify AI as the defining force in cybersecurity, with 77% of organizations using it in cyber operations.
• AI is accelerating cyber threats and defences alike, forcing organizations into a high-speed race against cyber criminals.
• AI adoption in cybersecurity is moving from pilots to real-world deployment, with clear gains in vulnerability identification and threat detection. 
• Learn more about the report here.