OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume In May Increased 3%

OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in May reached 391,347,069 contracts, representing a 3 percent increase from the May 2012 volume of 380,417,938 contracts. OCC's year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 0.2 percent from 2012 with 1,774,634,896 contracts.

Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 386,428,255 contracts in May, a 2 percent increase from May 2012. Average daily options trading volume for the month was 17,564,921 contracts, 2 percent higher than May 2012. Year-to-date total options volume is down 0.41 percent with 1,751,155,921 contracts in 2013.

Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 4,918,814 contracts in May, up 71 percent from May 2012. OCC cleared an average of 223,582 contracts per day last month, an increase of 71 percent from May 2012.  OCC's year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 83 percent with 23,478,975 contracts in 2013.

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 46 percent increase in new loans over May 2012 with 121,016 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 40 percent from 2012 with 529,502 new loan transactions in 2013. The average daily loan value at OCC in May was $57,687,152,619.