Eurex had a bumper month of trading in March, with 199.1m contracts – its fifth highest total ever. Volume at the International Securities Exchange was also up, as the whole US equity options market reached record volume.
At Eurex in Frankfurt, trading narrowly passed the two pre-2008 peaks of 198.9m and 196.2m contracts in March and June 2007. In January, September and October 2008, volume at the exchange exceeded...