• Overall volumes in listed derivatives saw a 30 percent increase in March 2026.
• OTC Clearing saw strong growth, with notional outstanding volumes rising by 37 percent.
• Eurex Repo reported a solid growth of 66 percent in March, driven by an 85 percent increase in the GC Pooling segment.

Eurex – Europe’s leading derivatives exchange and, together with Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparties – reported record trading volumes, with derivative contracts rising by 30 percent to 322.1 million in March 2026. Heightened volatility also supported increased hedging activity. Index derivatives saw a 19 percent gain, climbing from 89 million in March 2025 to 106.2 million in March 2026. The strongest growth was in interest rate derivatives, which surged by 47 percent, from 117.6 million in March 2025 to 172.7 million in March 2026, while equity derivatives increased by 8 percent, rising from 39.5 million to 42.6 million over the same period.

OTC Clearing recorded strong growth in March 2026, with notional outstanding volumes rising 37 percent year on year to EUR 53,320 billion, up from EUR 38,849 billion in March 2025. The main growth driver was Overnight Index Swaps, which surged by 84 percent to EUR 8,900 billion compared with EUR 4,839 billion in the previous year.

Eurex Repo, Eurex’s leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, delivered another very strong performance in March. Average term‑adjusted volumes increased by 66 percent year‑on‑year compared with March 2025, reaching EUR 530 billion. Growth was driven by strong activity in term Special Repo, benefiting from elevated term trading in EUR government bonds during January and February. At the same time, the GC Pooling segment recorded consistently solid term business across the curve.

Source: Eurex