FX option expiries for July 8 NY cut

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

FX option expiries for July 8 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below

- EUR/USD: EUR amounts

1.0650 765m
1.0675 842m
1.0700 2.1b
1.0715 1.2b
1.0750 1b
1.0800 2.9b
1.0815 536m

- USD/JPY: USD amounts

160.00 840m
161.00 858m

- GBP/USD: GBP amounts

1.2750 451m

- AUD/USD: AUD amounts

0.6650 505m
0.6700 1.3b
0.6710 325m
0.6720 680m
0.6750 592m
0.6765 757m

- USD/CAD: USD amounts

1.3575 627m
1.3710 653m

- NZD/USD: NZD amounts

0.6135 494m

- EUR/GBP: EUR amounts

0.8400 603m

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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