Retail Forex broker Alpari saw some recovery in trading volumes in February 2016, following a rather subdued January. The company reported trading turnover of $88.5 billion for February 2016, a reading which is 10.6% from the result of $80 billion registered in January 2016. Compared with February 2015 levels, the result for February 2016 is…
Read moreThe Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has just published its trading metrics for February 2016, with derivatives trading volumes staging a decline of nearly 10%, continuing a downward trend already exhibited in January 2016. SET said the derivatives trading volumes averaged 191,873 contracts per day in February 2016, down 9.97% from the result of 213,128…
Read moreCLS Group (CLS), the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has earlier today published its operating metrics for February 2016. The average daily input volume submitted to CLS, combining the settlement and aggregation services, was 1,220,828, marking a drop of 2.3% from January 2016 when the result was 1,249,226.…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with both retail and institutional trading volumes lagging behind levels seen in January 2016. Last week, another US Forex major – FXCM, reported its volumes metrics for February 2016, with retail volumes also staging a decrease,…
Read moreKCG Holdings, Inc. Class A (NYSE:KCG) has just published its operating metrics for February 2016, with the month bringing a double-digit month-on-month decline in market making volumes for the company. In Market Making, KCG averaged $31.2 billion dollar volume traded, 4.4 billion shares traded, and 4.3 million trades per day in U.S. Equities. The result…
Read moreTaiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has just published its operating metrics for February 2016, with overall trading volumes, and yuan futures volumes in particular, decreasing in monthly terms. Overall trading volumes at the Exchange amounted to 13,258,237 contracts, down 52.5% from the 28,001,613 contracts traded in January 2016. On the brighter side, the annual comparison was…
Read moreThe Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has just published the monthly operating metrics of its members that offer Forex and binary options trading over the counter for February 2016. While OTC Forex volumes had another strong month, binary options volumes staged a double-digit drop on a monthly basis. As usual, we first examine the…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for February 2016 , with Forex futures volumes continuing to rise albeit at a slower pace than during January 2016. In February 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 552,423 contracts, up 6% from January 2016 levels. The annual comparison was more impressive, as the…
Read moreMulti-asset investment and trading services provider Saxo Bank has just reported its key operating metrics for February 2016, with the month delivering a good piece of news for the broker's volumes. Saxo Bank saw its monthly trading volumes reach $259 billion in February 2016, the highest reading since January 2015, which was marked by record market…
Read moreOperator of exchanges and clearing houses Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) has earlier today posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with Forex volumes continuing the slide exhibited in January 2016. Average daily volumes for FX&Credit exchange-traded contracts amounted to 33,000 contracts, down 15.4% from the result of 39,000 contracts registered in January 2016. The…
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