OCC CCP Activity Up 17% in March

The Options Clearing Corporation’s securities lending CCP activity was up 17% in new loans from March 2014. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 10% from 2014.

The market infrastructure’s total cleared contract volume decreased 6% last month from the March 2014 volume. Year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9% from 2014. Stock loan activity at OCC in March was up 17% from March 2014.