February 2026 Figures at Eurex

Release date: Mar 05, 2026

Eurex

Overall volumes in listed derivatives saw a 14 percent decrease year-on-year in February.
OTC Clearing recorded significant growth, with notional outstanding volumes increasing by 34 percent.
Eurex Repo delivered a powerful performance of 86 percent growth in February driven by substantial client activities in both the Repo and GC Pooling segments.

Eurex – Europe’s leading derivatives exchange and, together with Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparties – reported lower trading volumes in February as overall market activity slowed. The exchange processed 148.4 million contracts during the month, representing a 14 percent decline from the 173.0 million contracts recorded a year earlier. Index derivatives decreased 19 percent to 47.7 million contracts. Interest rate derivatives fell 12 percent year-on-year to 78.2 million contracts, while equity derivatives dropped 10 percent to 22.4 million contracts.

OTC Clearing recorded strong growth in February, with notional outstanding volumes rising 34 percent year on year to EUR 53,238 billion, up from EUR 39,776 billion in February 2025. The main drivers were interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps.

Eurex Repo, Eurex’s leading electronic market for secured funding and financing, recorded a very strong performance in February 2026. Average term-adjusted volumes rose by 86 percent year-on-year to EUR 575.8 billion. This growth was primarily driven by both the Repo segment, which increased by 88 percent, and the GC Pooling segment, which also expanded significantly by 85 percent.

Business overview – February 2026

	February 2026	February 2025	Change
Financial derivatives: traded contracts Eurex Exchange
Index derivatives (million)	47.7	58.8	-19%
Interest rate derivatives (million)	78.2	88.3	-12%
Equity derivatives (million)	22.4	24.9	-10%
Total (million)¹	148.4	173.0	-14%
OTC Clearing²
Notional outstanding volumes (billion EUR)	53,238	39,776	+34%
of which interest rate swaps (billion EUR)	21,711	16,783	+29%
of which overnight index swaps (billion EUR)	7,946	4,553	+75%
Average daily cleared volumes (billion EUR)	351	258	+36%
of which interest rate swaps (billion EUR)	74	41	+83%
of which overnight index swaps (billion EUR)	56	34	+65%
Compression volumes (billion EUR)	0	0	N/A

Repo: Average daily term adjusted volume on Eurex Repo
GC Pooling³ (billion EUR)	271.6	147.0	+85%
Repo Market (billion EUR)	304.2	162.0	+88%
Total (billion EUR)	575.8	309.0	+86%

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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Irmgard Thiessen
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irmgard.thiessen@deutsche-boerse.com

Nina Lux
+49 69 211-1 37 53
nina.lux@deutsche-boerse.com

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