OCC Cleared Contract Volume Up Four Percent In May - Securities Lending Activity Up 52 Percent In May And 46 Percent Year-To-Date

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced that cleared contract volume in May reached 319,533,636 contracts, a four percent increase from the May 2015 volume of 308,639,215 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is also up four percent from 2015 with 16,734,689 contracts.