Australia: average daily forex derivatives turnover

The average daily turnover of foreign exchange (forex) transactions and derivatives traded in Australia climbed from 2001 to 2010, reaching a peak of 192 billion U.S. dollars before dropping to around 119 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. The most commonly traded was foreign exchange rate swaps, which are agreements to swap the principal and interest payments made on one currency for the principal and interest payments on a loan of equal value in another currency.

Average daily turnover of foreign exchange transactions and derivatives in Australia from 2001 to 2019, by instrument (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Spot transactions	Outright forwards	Foreign exchange swaps	Currency swaps	Options
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

December 2019

More information

Region

Australia

Survey time period

2001 to 2019

Supplementary notes

All values taken as of April each year.

Over the counter (OTC) refers to foreign exchange transactions that occur outside regulated exchanges (such as the New Yok Stock Exchange or London Stock Exchange).

Spot transaction: the exchange of two currencies within two days without a signed contract;
Forward: an agreement for the purchase and sale of currency at a fixed price at a point in the future (generally after 90 days);
Swap: the simultaneous lending and borrowing of two different currencies between two investors (i.e. one investor borrows an amount in one currency, then repays in a different currency);
Option: an agreement to exchange one currency for another at an agreed rate at some time on the future, but with no obligation to carry out the transaction (unlike with forwards).

Citation formats