Gain Capital retail volumes rise 20% in April to $356B with City Index now officially in the fold

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today just released their operating metrics for April 2015. The operating metrics for April 2015 now include City Index which was acquired on April 1, 2015. The firm saw a 50% increase in client accounts as well due to the City Index deal, see full metrics and chart below:

Retail Metrics

  • Retail OTC trading volume of $356.8 billion, an increase of 20.5% from March 2015 and 101.9% from April 2014.
  • Average daily retail OTC trading volume of $16.2 billion, an increase of 20.5% from March 2015 and 101.9% from April 2014.
  • Active retail OTC accounts of 146,666, an increase of 48.1% from March 2015 and 52.7% from April 2014.

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Institutional Metrics

  • Total institutional trading volume of $436.3 billion, a decrease of 17.4% from March 2015 and a 6.1% increase from April 2014.
  • Average daily institutional volume of $19.8 billion, a decrease of 17.4% from March 2015 and a 6.1% increase from April 2014.
  • GTX trading volume of $409.0 billion, a decrease of 17.0% from March 2015 and a 10.5% increase from April 2014.
  • Average daily GTX volume of $18.6 billion, a decrease of 17.0% from March 2015 and a 10.5% increase from April 2014.

Exchange-based Futures Metrics

  • Futures contracts of 682,377, a decrease of 26.5% from March 2015 and 6.3% from April 2014.
  • Average daily futures contracts of 32,494, a decrease of 23.0% from March 2015 and an 11.4% increase from April 2014.

Historical metrics and financial information can be found on Gain’s investor relations website.

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