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WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and federal savings associations of $7.2 billion in the third quarter 2019, which was $0.9 billion, or 10.9 percent, less than the previous quarter.

In the report, Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities, the OCC also noted that trading revenue in the third quarter 2019 increased by 2.0 percent compared with the $7.1 billion reported in the third quarter 2018.

The OCC reported:

• While four large banks held 87.2 percent of the total banking industry notional amount of derivatives, a total of 1,334 insured U.S. commercial banks and savings associations held derivatives at the end of the third quarter 2019.
• Derivative contracts remained concentrated in interest rate products, which represented 73.1 percent of total derivative notional amounts.
• The percentage of centrally cleared derivatives transactions increased quarter-over-quarter to 43.0 percent in the third quarter 2019.

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