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Eurex Group reports 2011 trading volumes


03 January 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Anna Reitman

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Total trading volume at Eurex Group in 2011 was at 2.8 billion contracts with average daily volume of 11.1 million contracts, an increase of 7 per cent over last year.

The Eurex KOSPI Product had the highest growth rate while Eurex Repo saw a significant increase in volumes over the year.

At Eurex Exchange, the equity index derivatives segment was the largest in 2011 with a total volume of 954.7 million contracts, up from 805.1 million in 2010. Derivatives on the EURO STOXX 50 index were the largest single product with 408.9 million futures and 369.2 million options.

The equity derivatives segment (options and single stock futures) saw 449.6 million contracts, down from 511.1 million in 2010.

Eurex Repo, which operates CHF Repo, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, continued to grow in 2011. The secured money market GC Pooling hit a new record with an average outstanding volume of 118.2 billion euros, an increase of 29 per cent y-o-y; the Euro Repo market totaled at the new peak of 148.5 billion euros, an increase of 30 percent.

In December 2011, the GC Pooling market grew 27 per cent y-o-y and reached 140.4 billion euros; and the Euro Repo market recorded an outstanding volume of 174.7 billion euros, an increase of 31 percent.
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