Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
With global foreign exchange markets working round the clock, thanks to time differences, currencies are traded 24 hours a day every working day.
Let's take a look at some of the most traded currencies in the world.
Source: Wikipedia
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A customer counts US dollar notes at a bank in Hanoi, Vietnam.Photographs: Kham/Reuters
US dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 84.9 per cent
Overall rank: 1
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A bank employee counts euro notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand.Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
Euro
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 39.1 per cent
Overall rank: 2
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A woman counts Japanese 10,000 yen notes in Tokyo, Japan.Photographs: Shohei Miyano/Reuters
Japanese yen
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 19.0 per cent
Overall rank: 3
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, handles newly minted one pound coins during a visit to the Royal Mint, in Cardiff.Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
British pound sterling
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 12.9 per cent
Overall rank: 4
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A one Australian dollar coin is seen in this illustration taken in Sydney, Australia.Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Australian dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 7.6 per cent
Overall rank: 5
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: An employee handles 100 Swiss franc notes in the Canton of Vaud Bank near Lausanne, Switzerland.Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Swiss franc
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 6.4 per cent
Overall rank: 6
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: Canadian 100 dollar bills made of polymer are placed in glasses of juice, cola and water in Toronto. Plastic notes, nearly impervious to liquids, stains, tearing or wear-and-tear, were pioneered by the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1988.Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters
Canadian dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 5.3 per cent
Overall rank: 7
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: An image of a Hong Kong dollar note launched by HSBC during an exhibition organised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in Hong Kong.Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Hong Kong dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 2.4 per cent
Overall rank: 8
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A man looks at currency rates near the exchange office in Riga, Latvia.Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Swedish krona
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 2.2 per cent
Overall rank: 9
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: Reserve Bank of New Zealand dollar notes are pictured in Singapore.Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
New Zealand dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 1.6 per cent
Overall rank: 10
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A worker moves stacks of South Korean won for delivery to commercial banks at Bank of Korea's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.Photographs: Truth Leem/Reuters
South Korean won
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 1.5 per cent
Overall rank: 11
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: A Singapore one dollar coin rests on top of Singapore two dollar notes.Photographs: Tim Chong/Reuters
Singapore dollar
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 1.4 per cent
Overall rank: 12
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: Norwegian banknotes of different denominations in Trondheim, Norway.Photographs: Scanpix Gorm Kallestad/Reuters
Norwegian krone
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 1.3 per cent
Overall rank: 13
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: Mexican currency is seen in the cash register drawer alongside US dollars as a cashier at Pizza Patron makes change for a customer in Dallas, Texas, United States.Photographs: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
Mexican peso
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 1.3 per cent
Overall rank: 14
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Rupee among most traded currencies in the world
Image: An employee counts Indian rupee notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Agartala, Tripura.Photographs: Jayanta Dey/Reuters
Indian rupee
Daily share in foreign exchange market: 0.9 per cent
Overall rank: 15
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