FX Volumes in April Flat on FXall, Down $20B or 18% on Thomson Reuters from $110B in March

According to data just released for the month of April by Thomson Reuters, its average daily FX Spot volume for the last month was $90 billion as traded on Thomson Reuters Dealing, Matching and Reuters Trading for FX, indicating a drop of 18% or $20 Billion over March's $110 billion total as reported by Forex Magnates in April.

Despite the decrease on its matching and dealing platforms, the company's relationship Trading Platform , operated under the FXall brand, managed to stay mostly flat for the month, measuring a slight increase of $200 million or almost one-sixth of a percent, to reach $132.3 billion from March's total of $132.1 billion.

Year-over-Year, April's ADV on FXall was up 22% over the same month last year, and the company said the figure was its highest reported ever -on that platform -after inching above the prior months total.

The Divergence of volumes across the two segments can be seen in the graph below, using 2014 year-to-date (YTD) monthly totals from Thomson Reuters: