Release date: Nov 06, 2026
|Eurex
- Interest rate derivatives posted a 42 percent increase in October 2026.
- OTC Clearing continued to deliver strong growth, with notional outstanding volumes increasing by 31 percent year on year.
- Eurex Repo maintained its positive momentum, growing by 14 percent in October, driven by a 28 percent increase in GC Pooling.
Eurex - one of the leading European derivatives exchanges and - with Eurex Clearing - one of the leading central counterparties globally - reported a 27 percent year-on-year increase in derivatives trading volume in October 2026, reaching a total of 200 million contracts. Equity derivatives trading volume rose by 4 percent, from 24.2 million contracts in October 2025 to 25.1 million contracts in October 2026. Index derivatives recorded stronger growth, increasing by 15 percent from 53.0 million to 60.7 million contracts. Interest rate derivatives were the strongest growth driver, with trading volume surging by 42 percent to 114.2 million contracts, compared with 80.4 million contracts in the same month of the previous year.
OTC Clearing posted strong growth in October 2026: The notional outstanding volumes rose by 31 percent year on year to EUR 64,589 billion. The swaps product group was the main growth driver, led by overnight index swaps, which surged by 75 percent year on year to EUR 11,550 billion, while interest rate swaps contributed with a 24 percent increase to EUR 25,460 billion. Accordingly, cleared volumes maintained a strong upward trajectory, rising by 123 percent year on year to EUR 532 billion in average daily volume (ADV). Again, overnight index swaps made a significant contribution, rising 158 percent to EUR 97 billion ADV in October 2026, while interest rate swaps rose by 86 percent to EUR 75 billion ADV.
Eurex Repo, Eurex's leading electronic marketplace for secured funding and financing, also continued its strong momentum in October. Average term-adjusted volumes rose by 14 percent to EUR 534.4 billion driven by the GC Pooling segment, which increased by 28 percent to EUR 294.8 billion.
Business overview - October 2026
October | October | Change | |
Financial derivatives: traded contracts Eurex Exchange (million) | |||
Index derivatives | 60.7 | 53.0 | +15% |
Interest rate derivatives | 114.2 | 80.4 | +42% |
Equity derivatives | 25.1 | 24.2 | +4% |
Total1 | 200.0 | 157.6 | +27% |
OTC Clearing2 (billion EUR) | |||
Notional outstanding volumes | 64,589 | 49,407 | +31% |
| 25,460 | 20,479 | +24% |
| 11,550 | 6,583 | +75% |
Average daily cleared volumes | 532 | 239 | +123% |
| 75 | 41 | +86% |
| 97 | 38 | +158% |
Compression volumes | 318 | 0 | N/A |
Repo: Average term adjusted volume (billion EUR) | |||
GC Pooling3 Segment | 294.8 | 230.6 | +28% |
Repo Segment | 239.5 | 236.7 | +1% |
Total | 534.4 | 467.2 | +14% |
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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