LMAX’s cryptocurrency exchange LMAX Digital also had strong performance for H1 2020 with trading volumes up 106%. The exchange now works with over 200 global institutions trading crypto currencies in the US, Europe and Asia. David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, said: We have seen growth in new large institutional clients around the world trading…
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Equity options: volumes by country in million Country Q2 2019 Q2 2020 Change Germany 17.85 16.59 -7% Switzerland 12.33 10.88 -12% France 6.27 7.42 18% Netherlands 3.93 3.21 -18% Finland 1.42 1.44 2% Spain 1.16 0.92 -20% Italy 0.99 0.78 -20% Belgium 0.21 0.17 -22% Austria 0.06 0.09 51% Ireland 0.02 0.06 253% Others 0.2…
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Ed Tilly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cboe Global Markets, said: As the pioneer of the VIX Index and volatility trading, Cboe is pleased to further expand our VIX product suite with a mini contract that aims to bring VIX futures trading to a larger universe of investors and serve a variety of…
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Yiu added: HKEX is committed to investing in the further development of Stock Connect and related services, as we make our markets even more attractive and competitive for our global clients. The original SPSA service was set up in 2015 for institutional investors, taking away the need to transfer shares they control to executing brokers…
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Total equity index futures traded volume on SGX increased 20% MoM in June to 14.5 million contracts, the highest in three months. Nikkei 225 Index Futures lead by 54% MoM rise in traded volume to 2.23 million contracts. MSCI Singapore Index Futures traded volume grew 14% MoM, while FTSE China A50 and Nifty 50 index…
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Eurex Repo posted 32.3% MoM decline in GC Pooling, however Repo markets grew by almost 30% MoM. At the EEX, electricity volumes were almost the same with 0.3% growth MoM for June 2020, gas was down 4.2%, however emissions trading grew 55.5%. Jun-20 May-20 Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives…
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Cboe’s June highlights include: Options ADV up 50 percent, U.S. Equities ADV up 83 percent and Global FX up 5 percent over June 2019. Cboe’s four options exchanges combined set a new single day volume record with more than 16 million contracts traded. Cboe EDGX Equities Exchange new monthly ADV record with more than 431…
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The average daily trading volumes were $20.0 billion in June 2020, registering growth of 12.9% MoM from $19.5 billion in the month prior. On YoY basis, there was a 14.3% increase from $19.3 billion for June last year. Cash market monthly activity details can be seen in the tables below: European Cash Market Monthly Activity…
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Derivatives Market RUB 9.2 trillion (RUB 7.6 trillion for May 2020) are attributed to derivatives and market volumes, registering a 21% growth. Contracts were 153.8 million (RUB 137.3 million contracts for May 2020). Of these futures account for 149.6 million, and options for 4.2 million. ADTV was RUB 460.3 billion, making a 14.9% MoM increase…
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The company’s quarterly ADV peaks include Interest Rate ADV of 6.9 million contracts. Equity Index ADV registered 5.6 million contracts. Micro E-mini Equity futures traded 1.9 million contracts. Options ADV were 2.8 million contracts. Energy ADV registered 2.6 million contracts and Agricultural ADV -1.3 million contracts. FX ADV reached 725,000 contracts and Metals ADV - 519,000 contracts. The…
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