Eurex Repo Boosts April Turnover By 33 Percent - Eurex Repo Euro Market Grows By 56 Percent - Swiss Franc Repo Market Up 22 Percent

The repo markets on the Eurex derivatives exchange continue to realize growth, with Eurex Repo, the electronic repo trading platform for the Swiss Franc and Euro Repo markets, experiencing further increases in outstanding volumes in April. Eurex Repo recorded a 33 percent increase in average outstanding volume, growing to €67.8 billion (April 2004: €51 billion).

Eurex Repo achieved an average outstanding volume of CHF 63.7 billion (€42.4 billion) in the Swiss Franc Repo Market - an increase of 22 percent year-on-year (April 2004: CHF 52.3 billion / €34.9 billion). The average outstanding volume on the Euro Repo Market reached €25.3 billion, an increase of 56 percent year-on-year (April 2004: €16.2 billion).

Outstanding volume is the key performance figure for repo markets.