Athens Stock Exchange publishes its Derivatives Monthly Statistics Bulletin for January 2014.
Summary of basic statistical information of Derivatives Market for January 2014:
- The number of Active investors’ Accounts reached 34,540 (previous month: 34,406).
- The number of Trading Active investors’ Accounts reached 2,768 (previous month: 2,400).
- Total number of open interest was 212,095 increased by 6.40% compared to the previous month (199,329 open interests).
- Participation of foreign investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market reached 11.04% in Positions.
- Participation of foreign investors in Futures’ open interest reached 11.49% in Positions.
- Participation of foreign investors in Index Futures’ open interest reached 38.49% in Positions.
- Total traded volume reached 918,866 contracts increased by 27.20% compared to the previous month (722,360 items).
Investors’ Participation in Derivatives Market
The participation of Greek investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market was 88.96% in Positions at the end of January 2014 while the previous month reached 88.91%. The participation of foreign investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market was 11.04% in Positions at the end of January 2014 while the previous month reached 11.09%.
Investors’ Participation in Futures
The participation of Greek investors in Futures’ open interest was 88.51% in Positions at the end of January 2014 while the previous month reached 88.67%. The participation of foreign investors in Futures’ open interest of was 11.49% in Positions at the end of January 2014 while the previous month reached 11.33%.
In Index Futures the number of Clearing Accounts reached 672 accounts, increased by 17.48% compared to the previous month (572 clearing accounts). Also, the participation of foreign investors in open interest reached at 38.49% compared to the previous month which was 40.66% (Chart1).
In Stock Futures the number of Clearing Accounts reached 3,872 accounts, increased by 7.67% compared to the previous month (3,596 clearing accounts). Also, the participation of Greek investors in open interest reached at 96.11% compared to the previous month which was 98.38%.
