Summary of basic statistical information of Derivatives Market for May 2017:

• The number of Active investors’ Accounts reached 38,559 (previous month: 38,507).
• The number of Trading Active investors’ Accounts reached 2,012 (previous month: 1,623).
• Total number of open interest was 518,182 increased by 15.80\% compared to the previous month (447,375 open interests).
• Participation of foreign investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market reached 0.40\% in Positions.
• Participation of foreign investors in Futures’ open interest reached 0.40\% in Positions.
• Participation of foreign investors in Index Futures’ open interest reached 90\% in Positions.
• Total traded volume reached 2,589,433 contracts increased by 148.60\% compared to the previous month (1,041,562 contracts).

 Investors’ Participation in Derivatives Market

The participation of greek investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market was 99.60\% in Positions at the end of May 2017 while the previous month reached 99.20\%. The participation of foreign investors in total open interest of Derivatives Market was 0.40\% in Positions at the end May 2017 while the previous month reached 0.80\%.

Greek investors in May 2017 made 99\% of the trading activity in Derivatives Market (number of contracts) while the previous month made 98\%. Foreign investors in May 2017 made 1\% of the trading activity in Derivatives Market while the previous month made 2\%.

Investors’ Participation in Futures

The participation of greek investors in Futures’ open interest was 99.60\% in Positions at the end of May 2017 while the previous month had reached 99.20\%. The participation of foreign investors in Futures’ open interest was 0.40\% in Positions at the end of May 2017 while the previous month had reached 0.80\%.

In Index Futures the number of Positions Accounts reached 313 accounts, increased by 13.80\% compared to the previous month (275 clearing accounts). Greek investors in May 2017 made 95\% of the trading activity in Index Futures (number of contracts) while the previous month made 94\%. Foreign investors in May 2017 made 5\% of the trading activity in Index Futures while the previous month made 6\%.

Also, the participation of foreign investors in open interest was 17.9\% which is increased compared to the previous month that was 22.3\% (Chart 1).

Chart 1

In Stock Futures the number of Positions Accounts reached 3,756 accounts, increased by 0.50\% compared to the previous month (3,737 clearing accounts). Also, the participation of greek investors in open interest reached the level of 99.80\% compared to the previous month which was at 99.60\%, while the participation of foreign investors in open interest was at the level of 0.20\% compared to the previous month which was at 0.40\%.