July 14, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Why is Gain Capital stock tanking if it just reported record Retail volumes?
Is Gain Capital, as well as other forex brokers, facing increased competition and lower spreads?
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July 08, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Trading resumes at NYSE following 3.5 hour halt caused by software glitch
After a more than three and a half hour outage, trading resumed on the NYSE at about 3:10pm (EDT), leaving about 50 minutes in the trading day for investors to get their orders done and all-important end-of-day prices to be set. Trading in first few minutes went off without a hitch. The NYSE trading halt did…
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July 08, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Market Making in NYSE securities continues as normal on electronic platforms
Trading on the NYSE itself has now been halted for more than two hours, with no stated timetable for resuming.
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July 08, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Bleeding continues at KVB Kunlun, shares down 16% to lowest level in 2015
KVB shares actually trade on Wednesday as low as HK$0.60 per share - below the HK$0.65 which CITIC paid for control of the company.
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July 08, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
GAIN Capital shares drop to five month low following Jefferies price target cut
GCAP shares dropped below $9 for the first time since the immediate aftermath of mid-January's Swiss Franc spike.
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July 07, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Caplin Systems goes through recapitalization - LeapRate Exclusive
The Single Dealer Platform (SDP) provider sees long-term investors Elderstreet Capital and FTV Capital exit the company, in a buyout led by ION Capital Management
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July 06, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Markets and Euro hold steady following Greek No vote
So far, so good. Or at least, not so bad. Traders' worst fears following Greece's No vote on Sunday have not been realized, with both equity and currency markets remaining relatively calm in the aftermath of Greece rejecting the EU's bailout terms and embarking on a still yet unknown path in dealing with its financial…
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July 06, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Greece FinMin Yanis Varoufakis quits
Varoufakis: I was made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted ‘partners’, for my… ‘absence’
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July 06, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
KVB Kunlun shares down (another) 27% Monday as traders dump stock
After a week which saw its shares fall 16% (culminating a 29% drop since early June), things didn't get better today as Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) saw its shares in freefall on Monday in HKEx trading. KVB shares dropped from Friday's close of HK$1.25 by more than 27%…
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July 05, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Early polls on Greece referendum show win for 'No' vote, rejecting EU bailout
The effects of the No vote were felt immediately in the currency markets, with the EURUSD off more than 1.2% in the past hour
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