OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down 18 Percent In July - Securities Lending CCP Activity Up 24 Percent In July And 41 Percent Year-To-Date

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in July was 317,045,566 contracts, down 18  percent from July 2015 volume of 385,404,937 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up three percent with 16,687,086 contracts in 2016.