Eurex has said the global economic downturn drove trading volumes down 18% in November. Trading totalled 140.5m contracts in November, down on the 171.6m contracts traded one year earlier.
The exchange said its equity index derivatives were the best performing asset class as trading totalled 79.7m contracts. Trading in Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index future attracted 32.9m contracts, while its option equivalent traded the same number of contracts.
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