Eurex Witnesses 26% YoY Jump in Total Traded Derivatives Contracts for June

Eurex, the largest European futures and options market, has posted its trading numbers for June 2022, revealing an increase in derivatives contracts on a YoY basis.

Specifically, total traded derivatives contracts at Eurex grew by 26 percent in June, from 167.7 million to 210.9 million compared to the same month last year. Interest rate derivatives showed the strongest year-on-year growth, up 42 percent from 57.9 million traded contracts to 82.0 million, while index derivatives grew by 28 percent, from 77.9 million traded contracts to 99.3 million. Total contracts traded in equity derivatives fell by 8 percent to 29.2 million.

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Outstanding notional volumes in OTC clearing continued to grow strongly in June, rising overall by 21 percent year-on-year despite two successful compression runs this year. Overall outstanding volume stood at EUR 27,247 billion at the end of June compared to EUR 22,484 billion the year before – with interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps posting growth of 24 percent and 132 percent respectively.

Average daily cleared volumes fell by 21 percent overall, although interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps also recorded strong growth here (+34 percent and +125 percent, respectively).

At Eurex Repo, average daily term-adjusted volume grew by 54 percent compared to June last year – up from EUR 124.8 billion to EUR 191.8 billion. The GC Pooling market was up 54 percent while the Repo Market grew by 53 percent year-on-year.