April FX Trading Stable at Thomson Reuters and FXall

Thomson Reuters, and their recent acquisition FXall have reported April FX trading volumes on their trading platforms. At Thomson Reuters, average daily volumes (ADV) fell slightly to $130 billion from $131 billion in March. The figures matched volumes from the same period last year. At FXall, combined ADV of their Relationship and Active Trading units was $108 billion, just below record figures that were achieved in both February and March.

Despite the slight decrease in volumes, Thomson Reuters held onto the leading spot among publicly reporting FX venues, just edging ICAP’s EBS which reported $128.3 ADV.

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