Forex Trading Up 11.02% Strong on FMDQ Exchange
Please see commentary below on the Foreign Exchange (FX) market with data for the week-ended September 25, 2026. Table 1 compares weekly turnover for trades between banks (FMDQ Dealing Member (Banks)/Authorised Dealers) and their clients for the weeks-ended September 18 and 25, 2026.
▪ In the FX Spot and Derivatives markets, the total turnover for the week-ended September 25, 2026, was $2,627.15 million, representing an increase of 11.02% ($260.85 million) from the $2,366.30 million reported for the week-ended September 18, 2026. The week-on-week (WoW) increase in total turnover was jointly driven by the 10.62% ($248.42 million) increase in FX Spot transactions, which recorded a total value of $2,587.94 million compared to $2,339.52 million in the week-ended September 18, 2026, and the 46.42% ($12.43 million) increase in FX Derivatives transactions (comprising FX Forward) for the week-ended September 25, 2026.
Table 1: Weekly FX Turnover Analysis
| Week-ended September 25, 2026 | Week-ended September 18, 2026 | WoW % Change |
WoW Change ($'mm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Daily Average |
% Share | Weekly | Daily Average |
% Share | |||
| ($'million) | ($'million) | |||||||
| FX Spot | 2,587.94 | 517.59 | 98.51 | 2,339.52 | 467.90 | 98.87 | 10.62 | 248.42 |
| FX Derivatives* | 39.21 | 7.84 | 1.49 | 26.78 | 5.36 | 1.13 | 46.42 | 12.43 |
| Total | 2,627.15 | 525.43 | 100.00 | 2,366.30 | 473.26 | 100.00 | 11.02 | 260.85 |
*Data represents FX Forwards turnover