Intercontinental Exchange Group, the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, reported few days ago (February 5th) exchange traded volumes for January 2014. The average daily volume (ADV) for global derivatives totaled 10,4 million contracts (about 8% less than in January 2013).
Total commodities indicator (energy, agriculture, oil, etc.) increased by 15% due to the good results achieved in agricultural and oil contracts. In the same time, total financial ADV decreased by 24% primarily due to the lower volatility of European interest rates related to high volumes in January. To some extent, declines were corrected by 20% equity index increase.
As for the FX market, the average daily volume was 26 000 contracts – comparing to the January 2013 it is about 19% worse result (decrease of more than 7 thousand contracts per day).
It should be noted that futures and options for the US dollar index are added to the total FX volumes of ICE Group. If you want to read the full report you can find it in the press release available on the ICE site – https://ir.theice.com/investors-and-media/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2014/ICE-Reports-January-2014-Volumes/default.aspx
