Whois & Analysis for eurexchange.com

Eurex Exchange is an international exchange which primarily offers trading in European based derivatives and it is the largest European futures and options market.

The products traded on this exchange vary from German and Swiss debt instruments to European stocks and various stock indexes.

All transactions executed on Eurex Exchange are cleared through Eurex Clearing, which functions as a central counterparty (CCP) for multi-asset class clearing of the above-mentioned exchange-traded product range as well as over-the-counter traded products.

Fixed income refers to any type of investment under which the borrower or issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule.

For example, the borrower may have to pay interest at a fixed rate once a year, and to repay the principal amount on maturity.

Fixed-income securities can be contrasted with equity securities - often referred to as stocks and shares - that create no obligation to pay dividends or any other form of income.

A stock index or stock market index is a measurement of the value of a section of the stock market.

It is computed from the prices of selected stocks (typically a weighted average).

It is a tool used by investors and financial managers to describe the market, and to compare the return on specific investments.

A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts; that is, a contract to buy specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.

These types of contracts fall into the category of derivatives.

The opposite of the futures market is the spots market, where trades will occur immediately (2 business days) after a transaction agreement has been made, rather than at a predetermined time in the future.

An exchange, or bourse, is an organized market where (especially) tradable securities, commodities, foreign exchange, futures, and options contracts are sold and bought.