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CLS FX trading activity | May 2021
Reports
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Reports
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1.80 USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS
up 21% from USD1.489 trillion in May 2020
Keith Tippell
Global Head of Product
"In May 2021, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD1.80 trillion – an increase of 21% year-on-year. There were overall increases across all instruments with FX spot, FX forward and FX swap volumes up 11%, 18% and 25%, respectively, compared to the same month last year.
Most major currency pairs were also up, with significant increases for EURUSD, USDJPY and USDCAD of 11%, 20% and 29%, respectively, compared to May 2020."
| Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)* |
May 2020 | April 2021 | May 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 0.075 | 0.091 | 0.088 |
| Swap | 1.026 | 1.271 | 1.279 |
| Spot | 0.388 | 0.416 | 0.431 |
| Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) | 1.489 | 1.778 | 1.798 |
* 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.