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Clearing Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Clearing Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Clearing Member Default Fund Contributions |
|  | September 30, 2013
|  | Cash Contributions(1)(2) |  | Non-Cash Contributions |  | Total Contributions
|  | (in millions)
Default fund contributions |  | $ | 239 |  | $ | 75 |  | $ | 314
Margin deposits |  |  | 1,695 |  |  | 9,479 |  |  | 11,174
Total |  | $ | 1,934 |  | $ | 9,554 |  | $ | 11,488
(1)As of September 30, 2013, in accordance with its investment policy, NASDAQ OMX Nordic Clearing has invested cash contributions of $1,229 million in reverse repurchase agreements and $663 million in highly rated government debt securities. The remainder of this balance is held in cash and term deposits. (2)Pursuant to clearing member agreements, we pay interest on cash contributions to clearing members.
Schedule of Derivative Contracts Outstanding | The market value of derivative contracts outstanding prior to netting was as follows:
|  | September 30, 2013
|  | (in millions)
Commodity forwards and options(1)(2) |  | $ | 769
Fixed-income options and futures(2)(3) |  |  | 297
Stock options and futures(2)(3) |  |  | 125
Index options and futures(2)(3) |  |  | 168
Total |  | $ | 1,359
(1)We determined the fair value of our forward contracts using standard valuation models that were based on market-based observable inputs including LIBOR rates and the spot price of the underlying instrument. (2)We determined the fair value of our option contracts using standard valuation models that were based on market-based observable inputs including implied volatility, interest rates and the spot price of the underlying instrument. (3)We determined the fair value of our futures contracts based upon quoted market prices and average quoted market yields. The total number of derivative contracts cleared through NASDAQ OMX Nordic Clearing for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012
Commodity forwards and options(1) |  |  | 624,714 |  |  | 644,589
Fixed-income options and futures |  |  | 21,131,906 |  |  | 26,586,488
Stock options and futures |  |  | 23,200,139 |  |  | 21,735,025
Index options and futures |  |  | 29,892,938 |  |  | 32,833,238
Total |  |  | 74,849,697 |  |  | 81,799,340
(1)The total volume in cleared power related to commodity contracts was 1,2 47 Terawatt hours (TWh) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 1,250 TWh for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

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