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Eurex – Europe’s leading derivatives exchange and, together with Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparties – reported record trading volumes, with derivative contracts rising by 30 percent to 322.1 million in March 2026. Heightened volatility also supported increased hedging activity. Index derivatives saw a 19 percent gain, climbing from 89 million in March 2025 to 106.2 million in March 2026. The strongest growth was in interest rate derivatives, which surged by 47 percent, from 117.6 million in March 2025 to 172.7 million in March 2026, while equity derivatives increased by 8 percent, rising from 39.5 million to 42.6 million over the same period.
OTC Clearing recorded strong growth in March 2026, with notional outstanding volumes rising 37 percent year on year to EUR 53,320 billion, up from EUR 38,849 billion in March 2025. The main growth driver was Overnight Index Swaps, which surged by 84 percent to EUR 8,900 billion compared with EUR 4,839 billion in the previous year.
Eurex Repo, Eurex’s leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, delivered another very strong performance in March. Average term‑adjusted volumes increased by 66 percent year‑on‑year compared with March 2025, reaching EUR 530 billion. Growth was driven by strong activity in term Special Repo, benefiting from elevated term trading in EUR government bonds during January and February. At the same time, the GC Pooling segment recorded consistently solid term business across the curve.
Business overview – March 2026
March | March | Change | |
Financial derivatives: traded contracts Eurex Exchange | |||
Index derivatives (million) | 106.2 | 89.0 | +19% |
Interest rate derivatives (million) | 172.7 | 117.6 | +47% |
Equity derivatives (million) | 42.6 | 39.5 | +8% |
Total (million)1 | 322.1 | 248.2 | +30% |
OTC Clearing² | |||
Notional outstanding volumes (billion EUR) | 53,320 | 38,849 | +37% |
| 22,540 | 16,914 | +33% |
| 8,900 | 4,839 | +84% |
Average daily cleared volumes (billion EUR) | 372 | 312 | +19% |
| 88 | 52 | +69% |
| 113 | 42 | +167% |
Compression volumes (billion EUR) | 213 | 197 | +8% |
Repo: Average daily term adjusted volume on Eurex Repo | |||
GC Pooling³ (billion EUR) | 276.9 | 149.4 | +85% |
Repo Market (billion EUR) | 253.5 | 171.1 | +48% |
Total (billion EUR) | 530.4 | 320.5 | +66% |
1 The total number of contracts traded includes other asset classes such as commodities.
2 Notional cleared volumes including post trading events such as compression.
3 Includes all currencies.
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Irmgard Thiessen
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irmgard.thiessen@deutsche-boerse.com
Nina Lux
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nina.lux@deutsche-boerse.com
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