FX Trading Roared +83.3% to $4.37bn Turnover on FMDQ
Kindly see commentary below on the Foreign Exchange (FX) market with data for the week-ended July 24, 2026. Table 1 compares weekly turnover for trades between banks (FMDQ Dealing Member (Banks)/Authorised Dealers) and their clients for the weeks-ended July 17 and 24, 2026.
▪ In the FX Spot and Derivatives markets, the total turnover for the week-ended July 24, 2026, was $4,375.01 million, representing an increase of 83.38% ($1,989.22 million) from the $2,385.79 million reported for the week-ended July 17, 2026. The week-on-week (WoW) increase in total turnover was jointly driven by the 81.85% ($1,940.85 million) increase in FX Spot transactions, which recorded a total value of $4,312.14 million compared to $2,371.29 million in the week-ended July 17, 2026, and the 333.59% ($48.37 million) increase in FX Derivatives transactions for the week-ended July 24, 2026. (See Table 1)
▪ The WoW increase in FX Derivatives turnover was driven by the 333.59% ($48.37 million) increase in FX Forwards turnover
Table 1: Weekly FX Turnover Analysis
| Week-ended July 24, 2026 | Week-ended July 17, 2026 | WoW % Change | WoW Change ($’mm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Daily Average | % Share | Weekly | Daily Average | % Share | |||
| ($’million) | ($’million) | |||||||
| FX Spot | 4,312.14 | 862.43 | 98.56 | 2,371.29 | 474.26 | 99.39 | 81.85 | 1,940.85 |
| FX Forwards | 62.87 | 12.57 | 1.44 | 14.50 | 2.90 | 0.61 | 333.59 | 48.37 |
| FX Derivatives | 62.87 | 12.57 | 1.44 | 14.50 | 2.90 | 0.61 | 333.59 | 48.37 |
| Total | 4,375.01 | 875.00 | 100.00 | 2,385.79 | 477.16 | 100.00 | 83.38 | 1,989.22 |