OCC Cleared Contract Volume Declined 6% In March, Stock Loan Activity Rose 17%

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in March was 341,593,001 contracts, representing a 6 percent decrease from the March 2014 volume of 362,379,835 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,500,170 contracts.  Stock loan activity at OCC in March was up 17 percent from March 2014.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 337,034,588 contracts in March, a 5 percent decrease from March 2014. Average daily options volume this year is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,275,861 contracts.

Equity options volume in March reached 308,209,312 contracts, a 4 percent decrease from March 2014. Index options volume for the month was down 15 percent with 28,825,276 contracts.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in March was 4,558,413 contracts, a 33 percent decrease from March 2014. Year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume at OCC is down 25 percent from 2014 with 224,309 contracts. 

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 17 percent in new loans from March 2014 with 114,342 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 10 percent from 2014 with 317,464 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in March was $175,202,462,719.