OCC securities lending ADV jumps 6% YoY for May 06 June 2022US Reporter: Carmella Haswell
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Securities lending activity cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has increased by 6 per cent YoY to an average daily loan value (ADV) of US$127.2 billion for May 2022.
The organisation reports the number of total transactions for May has grown by 38.6 per cent to 203,316 compared with May 2021.
The total volume for futures and options transactions was 866.4 million contracts, a 19.7 per cent increase YoY for May. The total ADV for futures and options rose by 6 per cent to 41.7 million trades.
In terms of ETF options cleared contract volume, the OCC reports a YoY increase of 64.1 per cent to 345.4 million contracts, with ADV rising 44.8 per cent to 15.6 million transactions.
Index options activity jumped by 49.4 per cent YoY for May to 60.5 million contracts, with ADV increasing 31.4 per cent to 2.5 million trades.
In contrast, equity options activity was down 2.6 per cent to 455.2 million contracts compared to May 2021, with ADV dropping by 11.6 per cent YoY to 23.3 million trades.
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