OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume In The First Half Of 2014 Declined 1%, Fifth Year Above 2 Billion Contracts

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume reached 327,922,056 in June, an 11 percent decrease from the June 2013 volume of 367,660,030 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date cleared contract volume is off 1 percent from 2013 with 2,117,001,407 contracts, marking the fifth consecutive year that first half cleared volume reached 2 billion contracts.

Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 321,358,397 contracts in June, down 11 percent from June 2013. Year-to-date total options volume is down 1 percent compared to the first half of last year with 2,083,091,200 contracts. Year-to-date average daily options trading volume is 16,799,123 contracts, 1 percent lower than 2013.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume reached 6,563,659 contracts in June, up 1 percent from June 2013. OCC’s year-to-date total cleared futures volume is up 13 percent with 33,910,207 contracts in the first half of 2014. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 13 percent with 273,469 contracts.

Securities Lending:  OCC's securities lending CCP activity was down 17 percent in new loans from June 2013 with 100,658 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is down 9 percent from 2013 with 586,380 new loan transactions in 2014. The average daily loan value at OCC in June was $139,132,902,307.

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