Feb 16, 2016
Eurex
Eurex Exchange's Equity Derivatives news - February 2016
We would like to share with you key figures and developments from our top performing Equity Derivatives in 2015.
- Equity Options traded over 186 million contracts in 2015, a 5,67% increase over 2014.
- Open interest in Equity Options surged to 52.7 million contracts in November 2015; the highest level since November 2013.
- Eurex launched 43 new options with weekly expiries and now covers the whole of the EURO STOXX 50® single name components.
- With 123 millions traded contracts during 2015, Eurex continues to operate the most liquid market for exchange traded Single Stock Futures in Europe.
- 73% of all Single Stock Futures trades were executed from the Agents account, 20% from the Proprietary accounts and 7% from the Market Maker accounts.
European Equity Options liquidity moves on-screen
The Equity Options volumes traded on the European exchanges see less block trades and more liquidity on-screen. This is positive in two ways. First, it helps price discovery when the transactions are openly traded on the screen. Secondly, more on-screen activity means tighter spreads. Please also read an interesting article on "liquidity moving on-screen" with in-depth analysis on the various country segments.
Update on Weekly Options
On 5 October 2015, Eurex launched 43 additional Weekly Options now covering all EURO STOXX 50® Index components. With this launch the total number of Weekly Equity Options available at Eurex has been brought up to 57. In the fourth quarter of 2015, over 120,000 contracts were traded, with open interest reaching a peak of 37,745 contracts in September 2015.
For more details please read circular 152/15.
Trading Equity Derivatives on British underlying's
Eurex currently offers 34 Equity Options and 130 Single Stock Futures on British underlying's. During 2015, we had 33 Exchange Participants trade over 260,000 contracts on British Equity Options and 44 Exchange Participants trade over 6,400,000 contracts on our British Single Stock Futures.
For a full list of Equity Derivatives on Eurex, please visit our website.
To find out more about our products please have a look at our Equity Options and Single Stock Futures presentations or do not hesitate to contact Cornelius Müller at T +33 (0) 155 27 67 78.
Kind regards,
Cornelius Müller
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