OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Increased 6% In July As Securities Lending Activity Rose 53%

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in July reached 328,899,421contracts, representing a 6 percent increase from the July 2012 volume of 309,599,417 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is up 3 percent with 2,471,194,347 contracts in 2013.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 324,651,203 contracts in July, a 6 percent increase from July 2012. Equity options volume rose 4 percent from the previous July with 295,059,480 contracts. Index options volume rose 22 percent from the previous July with 29,591,723 contracts. Year-to-date total options trading volume is up 2 percent with2,436,987,381 contracts in 2013.

Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 4,248,218 contracts in July, up 53 percent from July 2012. Equity futures volume came in at 582,681 contracts last month, a 58 percent increase from July 2012. Index and other futures volume came in at3,665,537 contracts last month, a 52 percent increase from July 2012. OCC's year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 74 percent with 34,206,966 contracts in 2013.

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 53 percent increase in new loans from July 2012 with 123,108 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 31 percent from 2012 with 761,628 new loan transactions in 2013. The average daily loan value at OCC in July was $56,104,353,820.