Thomson Reuters trading volumes rise 9% in August

Thomson Reuters, the inter-dealer trading platform, said average daily FX trading volumes rose 9% from the previous month. The volumes traded incorporate all three of Thomson's FX trading platforms: Thomson Reuters Dealing, Matching and Reuters trading for FX.

Average daily trading volumes rose 34% from the same month a year ago, to $166 billion in 2011. Yesterday, EBS, the FX inter-dealer broker owned by ICAP, said month-on-month trading volumes rose 2.3%, while year-on-year they rose 46%.