Taipei Foreign Exchange Market December 2015
OREANDA-NEWS. Taipei foreign exchange market covers all foreign exchange transactions made by authorized foreign exchange banks and offshore banking units. After eliminating double counting arising from interbank transactions, total net trading volume in the market amounted to US$635.9 billion in December 2015. The average daily turnover was US$27.7 billion.
1. By trading counterparty:
(USD billions ,%)
Transactions between banks and customers |
Interbank transactions |
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Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
|
163.2 |
25.7 |
With domestic banks |
160.8 |
25.2 |
With foreign banks |
311.9 |
49.1 |
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Total |
472.7 |
74.3 |
2.By trading currency:
(USD billions ,%)
NTD/foreign currency |
Third currency |
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Amount |
% |
Amount |
% |
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NTD/USD |
253.7 |
39.9 |
USD/RMB |
148.8 |
23.4 |
NTD/other foreign currencies |
10.4 |
1.6 |
EUR/USD |
82.1 |
12.9 |
Total |
264.1 |
41.5 |
USD/YEN |
51.2 |
8.1 |
AUD/USD |
24.8 |
3.9 |
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GBP/USD |
17.5 |
2.8 |
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other foreign currencies |
47.4 |
7.4 |
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Total |
371.8 |
58.5 |
3.By transaction type:
(USD billions ,%)
Items |
Amount |
% |
Foreign exchange swaps |
291.3 |
45.8 |
Spot transactions |
267.9 |
42.1 |
Options |
36.4 |
5.8 |
Outright forwards |
35.5 |
5.6 |
Margin trading |
2.7 |
0.4 |
Cross currency swaps |
2.1 |
0.3 |
4.By trading platform:
(USD billions ,%)
Items |
Amount |
% |
Through brokers |
190.8 |
30.0 |
Direct dealing |
445.1 |
70.0 |
In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In December 2015, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and commodity price swaps ? options were US$2.5 billion and US$0.3 billion, respectively.
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