International derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 6.6 million contracts in August 2013

Eschborn, 24-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In August 2013, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 6.6 million contracts (August 2012: 7.2 million). Of those, 4.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (August 2012: 5.1 million), and 2.1 million contracts (August 2012: 2.1 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 98.9 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 46.4 million at ISE.

At Eurex Exchange, the equity index derivatives segment totaled 44.1 million contracts (August 2012: 56.8 million). The future on the EURO STOXX 50® Index recorded 16.7 million contracts. The options on this blue chip index totaled 17.2 million contracts. Futures on the DAX index recorded 1.9 million contracts while the DAX options reached another 3.0 million contracts. The Eurex KOSPI Product recorded 1.8 million contracts (August 2012: 1.8 million).

The equity derivatives (equity options and single stock futures) segment at Eurex Exchange reached 19.8 million contracts (August 2012: 23.4 million). Thereof, equity options totaled 14.1 million contracts and single stock futures
equaled 5.7 million contracts.

Eurex Exchange’s interest rate derivatives segment totaled 33.9 million contracts (August 2012: 36.2 million). The Euro-Bund-Future reached 13.2 million contracts, the Euro-Bobl-Future 8.5 million contracts and the Euro-Schatz-Future 6.1 million contracts. The three Euro-BTP-Futures totaled around 590,000 contracts, the two Euro-OAT-Futures recorded around 769,000 contracts.

The Eurex Exchange segment dividend-based derivatives had 506,000 contracts (an increase of 19 percent). Volatility derivatives totaled 494,000 contracts, an increase of 31 percent y-o-y.

Eurex Repo, which operates Swiss Franc Repo, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, reported in August 2013 for all Eurex Repo markets an average outstanding volume of 218.7 billion euros (August 2012: 228.1 billion euros). The secured money market GC Pooling recorded an average outstanding volume of 148.1 billion euros (August 2012: 155.9 billion euros). The Euro Repo Market reached an average outstanding volume of 37.6 billion euros in August, an increase of 25 percent y-o-y. The Swiss Franc Repo market reached 33.0 billion euros.

In August 2013, the volume traded on the Power Derivatives Market of European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 66.5 terawatt hours (TWh) (August 2012: 78.5 TWh). Furthermore, a volume of 56,000 Guarantees of Origin has been traded on the EEX Derivatives Market. On the EEX Spot and Derivatives Market for natural gas the volume traded amounted to 7.5 TWh (August 2012: 8.4 TWh). A volume of 61.9 million tonnes of CO2 was traded on the Spot and Derivatives Market for CO2 Emission Allowances (August 2012: 16.2 million tonnes of CO2).

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