Eurex Exchange reports bumper June 2015 03 June 2015Frankfurt Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
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Trading volumes at Eurex Exchange reached 11 million contracts in June 2015, up from 8 billion in June last year.
Of these, 8.6 million were Eurex Exchange contracts, compared to 6 million in June last year, and 2.4 million were traded on the US-based International Securities Exchange (ISE) – an increase from 2 million in June 2014.
In total, 189.8 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange in June, and 52.7 million were traded on ISE.
In its equity index derivatives sector, Eurex Exchange saw a significant increase from 56.4 million contracts in June 2014 to 92.9 million in June 2015. The equity derivatives segment also saw an increase from 22.7 million contracts in June last year to 28.7 million. Of these, 16.6 million were equity options and 12.1 million were single stock futures.
Eurex Exchange’s interest rate derivatives segment also grew significantly, reaching 65.4 million contracts, compared to 45.1 million in June 2014.
The Euro-Bund-Future reached 22.4 million contracts, while the Euro-Bobl-Future saw 16.2 million, and the Euro-Schatz-Future reached 8.2 million contracts.
On the EURO STOXX 50 Index, the future reached 39.9 million contracts and options reached 39.9 million. Futures on the DAX index totalled 3.2 million contracts and DAX options reached 4 million contracts.
The Power Derivatives Market of European Energy Exchange (EEX) totalled 184 terawatt hours (TWh) in June 2015, almost double the 99.9 TWh recorded in June 2014.
On the Spot and Derivatives Market for CO2 Emission Allowances, 54.2 million tonnes of CO2 was traded, compared to 33.9 million tonnes in June last year. More than 9,000 contracts were traded in agricultural products, while on PEGAS, the natural gas platform of EEX Group, 68.9 TWh was traded, up from 48.9 TWh in June last year.
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