Eurex Posts Trading Volume for April 2021

Eurex, the leading European derivatives exchange and one of the leading clearing houses, has reported monthly trading numbers for April 2021.

According to the press release, average daily cleared volumes (ADV) at Eurex increased 78 percent, from 94 billion in April 2020 to 167 billion EUR in April 2021. Looking just at Interest Rate Swaps, ADV grew from 16 billion EUR last year to 25 billion this April, a gain of 54 percent. Overall notional outstanding volumes at Eurex rose year-on-year by nearly a third in April – up from 17,943 billion to 23,034 billion EUR.

Derivatives trading volumes showed a mixed picture in April, with the overall number of traded contracts little changed compared to April 2020 – a drop of 1 percent from 121.4 million to 119.7 million. However, there were strong rises in volumes across several areas. The number of traded European interest rate derivatives contracts grew from 29.6 million in April 2020 to 40.7 million in April this year – a rise of 37 percent. For European equity derivatives, traded contracts grew by 31 percent from 21.2 million to 27.8 million.

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