Eurex set a new daily trading volume record on 5 May with 19.5 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 19.2 million contracts set on 14 May 2008.
ISE trading volume was 4.6 million contracts.
Eurex’s equity based derivatives (equity options and single stock futures) was the largest segment with 9.9 million contracts.
Eurex’s equity index derivatives segment totalled at 5.3 million contracts.
Eurex’s interest rate derivatives segment reached almost 4.3 million contracts.