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Eurex Repo continues to grow

At the international derivatives markets of Eurex, an average daily volume of 7.8 million contracts was traded in August (August 2009: 9.1 million). Thereof, 5.4 million contracts were traded at Eurex (August 2009: 5.4 million) and 2.4 million contracts were traded at the International Securities Exchange (August 2009: 3.7 million). In total, 171.2 million contracts were traded on both exchanges compared with 191.5 million contracts in August 2009.

Eurex Repo continues to grow

At the international derivatives markets of Eurex, an average daily volume of 8.1 million contracts was traded in July (July 2009: 9.5 million). Thereof, 5.6 million contracts were traded at Eurex (July 2009: 5.4 million); another 2.5 million contracts (July 2009: 4.1 million) were traded at the International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 176.4 million contracts were traded on both exchanges compared with 214.6 million contracts in July 2009.

Combined total monthly trading volume rose by 42 percent y-o-y/ Eurex: new monthly turnover record with 256.5 million contracts

Dividend-based derivatives show strong y-o-y growth / Eurex interest rate derivatives up 25 percent

In March 2010, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10 million contracts (March 2009: 12.2 million) – a decline of 17 percent. Of those, 7.1 million were Eurex contracts and 2.96 million contracts were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 163.7 million contracts were traded at Eurex (March 2009: 172.3) and 68.1 million at the ISE (March 2009: 96.7).

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that it has enhanced the risk management tools available to its options exchange members connecting via FIX. ISE's members can now define hard risk management limits for their own connections and their sponsored access customers. The enhancements allow members to define the maximum quantity and the maximum notional value that can be entered on a per order or daily basis. The new risk management limits are already available through PrecISE Trade®, ISE's proprietary front-end trading system.