At the international derivatives exchange Eurex about 175.1 million contracts were traded in August, a rise of 64 percent year on year.
The daily average trading volume was 7.6 million contracts compared with 4.6 million in August 2006. Drivers of growth were the segments equity index and fixed income derivatives. Open interest reached a new record at the end of August with more than 130 million contracts.
The segment equity index derivatives grew by 126 percent to 79.3 million contracts, the third-best monthly figure ever. The most traded product of Eurex was the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50A index future with 36.7 million contracts; another 25.9 million contracts were traded in the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 index option (plus 124 percent), both are the second-best monthly figures. DAXA options and futures recorded a combined volume of 14 million contracts.