Eurex, Europe’s leading derivatives exchange and – along with Eurex Clearing – one of the leading central counterparties globally, recorded a 21 percent surge in total trading volume for March, reaching 248.2 million contracts, up from 205 million in the same month last year. This growth was primarily driven by a 40 percent jump in equity derivatives, which increased from 28.3 million to 39.5 million contracts. Interest rate derivatives also saw a notable rise of 24 percent, reaching 117.6 million contracts. Additionally, index derivatives grew by 9 percent, climbing from 81.5 million to 89 million contracts.
In OTC Clearing, notional outstanding volumes experienced a 14 percent rise in March, reaching EUR 38,849 billion, up from EUR 33,937 billion in the same period last year. Notional outstanding for overnight index swaps surged by 35 percent to EUR 4,839 billion, while interest rate swaps increased by 16 percent to EUR 16,914 billion.
Eurex Repo, Eurex’s leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, recorded a 24 percent decrease in daily volumes down to EUR 319.8 billion in March, due to adverse market conditions and a downturn in demand. The overall average daily term-adjusted repo volume in Q1-2025 compared to Q1-2024 showed a decrease of 11 percent, amounting to EUR 326.2 billion with GC Pooling, however, increasing by 12.4 percent.
