Eurex, Europe’s leading derivatives exchange and – along with Eurex Clearing – one of the leading central counterparties globally, went up 16 percent in total trading volume for April, reaching 211.4 million contracts, up from 181.6 million in the same month last year. Equity derivatives increased by 5 percent from 31.8 million to 33.4 million contracts. Interest rate derivatives also saw a notable rise of 20 percent, reaching 94.5 million contracts.  

In OTC Clearing, notional outstanding volumes experienced a 22 percent rise in April, reaching EUR 41,918 billion, up from EUR 34,264 billion in the same period last year. Notional outstanding for overnight index swaps surged by 43 percent to EUR 5,075 billion, while interest rate swaps increased by 20 percent to EUR 17,658 billion. 

At Eurex Repo, Eurex’s leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, April 2025 saw a 14 percent decline in daily volumes to EUR 377.4 billion, compared to April 2024’s peak of EUR 440.1 billion, due to less demand in special term repo. Nevertheless, daily volume was up 18 percent compared to the previous month’s volume in March, driven by a 37.6 percent increase of term business in GC Pooling, up 8.7 percent from April 2024. 

Business overview – April 2025 

_{1 The total number of contracts traded includes other asset classes such as commodities.
2 Notional cleared volumes including post trading events such as compression.
3 Includes all currencies.}

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