In May, the equity-based derivatives segment was the strongest segment at Eurex, with a total of 102 million contracts traded, an increase of approximately 108 percent on the previous year. Of these, 53.3 million contracts were based on equity index derivatives and 48.7 million on equity derivatives (equity options and single stock futures), both new records. New monthly volume records were set in the following products: futures on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 (23.7 million contracts), options on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 (16.4 million contracts), futures on the DAX index (4.4 million contracts) and options on the DAX index (7.3 million contracts). The total number of equity options traded at Eurex also increased 55 percent year-on-year in May to 37.3 million contracts (May 2005: 23.9 million contracts).
Approximately 72 million contracts were traded in the fixed income derivatives segment, a rise of 50 percent year-on-year (May 2005: 47.9 million contracts). The Euro-Bund Future remained the most heavily traded product at Eurex with 32 million contracts, an increase of 41 percent year-on-year (May 2005: 23.2 million contracts). 16.3 million contracts were traded in the Euro-Bobl Future, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent, and 15.7 million contracts were traded in the Euro-Schatz Future, an increase of approximately 67 percent.
Approximately € 11.95 billion (single counting) was traded in May on the electronic trading platform Eurex Bonds, which rounds out Eurex’s fixed-income product range. This represent a year-on-year increase of 7 percent (May 2005: €11.19 billion) and an increase of 16 percent on the previous month (April 2006: €10.26 billion).
