In June, the equity-based derivatives segment was the strongest segment at Eurex, with 86 million contracts traded, an increase of 67 percent on the previous year. Of these, a record 60.4 million contracts were based on equity index derivatives and a further 25.6 million on equity derivatives (equity options and single stock futures). For the first time, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 index future was the most heavily traded product at Eurex with 29.8 million contracts, an increase of 110 percent on the previous year. New monthly volume records were also set in the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 option (16.5 million contracts, up 120 percent on the previous year) and the future on the German benchmark index DAX (4.7 million contracts, up 60 percent on June 2005).
A total of 67.1 million contracts were traded in the fixed income derivatives segment, compared to 74.4 million contracts in June 2005. Approximately 29.2 million contracts were traded in the Euro-Bund Future, 16.2 million contracts were traded in the Euro-Bobl Future, and 15.1 million contracts were traded in the Euro-Schatz Future.
Approximately € 12.9 billion (single counting) was traded in June on the electronic trading platform Eurex Bonds, which rounds out Eurex's fixed-income product range. This represent an increase of 8 percent on the previous month (May 2006: €11.95 billion).