Eurex Group Reports June 2015 Volumes, ADV Exhibits Strong Growth

Eurex Group’s average daily volume (ADV) during June 2015 was reported at 11.0 million contracts, constituting a jump of 8.9% MoM from 10.1 million contracts in May 2015, according to a Eurex statement.

June 2015’s volumes build off of last month’s robust performance – May 2015 saw an ADV of 7.7 million Eurex Exchange contracts, or a 30.5% jump MoM from April 2015. Moreover, Eurex saw an ADV of 2.4 million contracts in May 2015.

The healthy figures were also extended into June 2015, with a YoY growth of 27.2% from 8.0 million contracts in June 2014. Of these, 8.6 million were Eurex Exchange contracts with 2.4 million contracts traded at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), part of Eurex Group.

Equity Index Derivatives Once Again Facing Decline

Across its leading installment of equity index derivatives (aggregating both equity options and single stock futures), Eurex Exchange saw a volume of 28.7 million contracts in May 2015, falling -35.2% MoM from 44.3 million in May 2015. However, across a yearly timeframe, the figures in June 2015 managed a growth of 26.4% YoY from 22.7 million contracts in June 2014.

In addition, futures on the EURO STOXX 50 Index in June 2015 came in at 39.9 million contracts (20.2 million in May 2015) and 31.9 million (20.3 million in May 2015) on the index options. Alternatively, futures on the DAX index in June 2015 totaled 3.2 million contracts (2.3 million in May 2015), while the DAX options added another 4.0 million contracts (3.4 in May 2015).