The major platforms have now released their Dec 14 end year volumes, with all platforms spot volumes down as follows:
Reuters total: $350bn/day in Dec, up +0.9% on Nov, and up some +9.2% compared to Dec 13 level of $321bn/day.
Reuters Spot: $106bn/day in Dec, down -11.7% on Nov, and only up 5% compared to Dec 13 level of $101bn/day.
Reuters Other Products: $227bn/day in Dec, up +7.5% on Nov, and up 11.4% compared to Dec 13 level of $219bn/day.
EBS $104.8bn/day in Dec, down -14.8% on Nov, although still up a respectable+47.6% compared to Dec 13 level of $71bn/day
Hotspot: $27.7bn/day in Dec, down -15.5% on Nov, and almost unchanged at +0.4% compared to Dec 13 level of $27.6bln/day
Year-end slowdown affected all platforms, and nothing particularly interesting to note here, although the battle between Reuters and EBS continues, with EBS having eroded a near $50bln/day volume advantage that Reuters had built up this year as can be seen from the last chart below.
Finally, having already reported the surge in volumes from CLS on Black Thursday to $9.2trillion/day, it would be interesting to see if EBS or Reuters announce their volumes for that fateful day.
Reuters, EBS and Hotspot FX volumes Dec 2014
Reuters-EBS volume differences Jan 13-Dec 14
