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CLS FX trading activity | July 2021
Reports
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1.74 USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS
up 5% from USD1.662 trillion in July 2020
Keith Tippell
Global Head of Product
“In July 2021, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD 1.74 trillion, an increase of 5% compared to July 2020. Overall volumes across all instruments increased year-on-year, with FX spot, FX forward and FX swap volumes up 8%, 4% and 4%, respectively. Volumes across some of the major currency pairs increased significantly – with USD/CAD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD and USD/CHF up by 16%, 24%, 15% and 12%, respectively – but EUR/USD decreased by 11% compared to the previous year.”
| Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)* |
July 2020 | June 2021 | July 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 0.081 | 0.102 | 0.084 |
| Swap | 1.192 | 1.379 | 1.241 |
| Spot | 0.389 | 0.428 | 0.420 |
| Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) | 1.662 | 1.909 | 1.745 |
* Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout the document may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the exact figures.