Eurex Posts 12.5% MoM Increase in Total Trading Volume for August 2023

Eurex, Europe's leading derivatives exchange, published its trading figures for August 2023, reporting a total trading volume of 133.4 million contracts, 7.9% higher than 123.6 million contracts in August 2022 and 12.5% higher than 118.6 million contracts in July 2023​.

Interest rate derivatives increased by 11% year-on-year in August from 49.5 million to 54.9 million traded contracts. Equity derivatives also increased by 11 percent, from 15.3 to 17 million contracts traded in August while index derivatives saw a 5% rise, from 58.7 million to 61.4 million contracts traded.

In OTC Clearing, notional outstanding volumes increased 14% in August year-on-year to EUR 32,699 billion from EUR 28,792 billion in August last year. Thereof, notional outstanding volumes in interest rate swaps increased 8% to EUR 13,964 billion and notional outstanding in overnight index swaps increased 21% to EUR 2,766 billion.

Eurex Repo, Eurex's leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, again recorded a major increase in daily GC Pooling volumes in August, up 243% to EUR 201.3 billion, whereby total average daily term-adjusted repo volume grew by 49% in August to EUR 358.1 billion.