OneChicago saw an increase of 2 percent year-over-year in April 2015 despite a decrease in year-to-date volume of 11 percent compared to 2014.
Open interest increased 20 percent year-over-year to 626,984 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market.
In the latest figures, 564,379 blocks and EFPs were traded on OCXdelta1.
At month-end, 57 percent of the open interest was in OCX.NoDivRisk products, an equity finance tool that removes dividend risk for customers carrying synthetic equity delta exposure.
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