Eurex Sees Strong Growth in the Full Year and December 2022

Eurex, the leading European derivatives exchange, released its trading figures for the full year and December 2022, unveiling an 8% increase in traded contracts in December compared to December 2021, led by interest rate derivatives with plus 24%. 

Overall, volumes in 2022 grew by 15% to 1,955.7 million contracts. Over the complete year 2022, index derivatives and interest rate derivatives grew similarly, by 21% and 20% respectively. 

The OTC clearing space at Eurex showed again strong growth rates. Notional outstanding volumes were up 30% in December to EUR 26,186 billion despite multiple successful compression runs in 2022. Average daily cleared volumes were up 52% to EUR 119 billion in December 2022. Across the whole of 2022, daily OTC interest rate volumes averaged EUR 169 billion, up 27% from 2021 – with daily cleared volumes in interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps posting growth of 13% and 42%, respectively.  

Eurex Repo, Eurex's leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, recorded a significant rise in GC Pooling volumes in December, up 153% to EUR 67.5 billion. In 2022 as a whole, compared to 2021, average daily term-adjusted repo volume grew by 50% – up from EUR 140.3 billion to EUR 210.1 billion. The GC Pooling market was up 37% while the Repo Market grew by 57% year-on-year.