Reuters
Average daily trading volume in the global currency market rose to $2.16 trillion in April, up 11.4% from a year earlier, according to data from CLS, a provider of settlement and aggregation services for the foreign exchange industry, released on Friday. The increase was driven by a rise in volume across all major FX instruments, said Lisa Danino-Lewis, chief growth officer at CLS, in a statement. FX spot transactions saw the largest jump, with average daily volumes rising 22.5% from levels seen a year ago to $525 billion.