Tag: NYSE:FXCM

January 05, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM and Gain Capital rise while equities, oil and Euro all dive

The first real trading day of 2015 (not counting the light post New Years session on Friday) saw the year kick off in the red Monday, and with heightened volatility across all instrument types: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 331 points and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) was off 37, marking a more-than 1.8% fall…

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December 31, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

LeapRate's Top Forex Industry News Stories of 2014

It has been quite a year in the forex industry in 2014. We're exiting the year with near-record volatility in key currency pairs such as the EURUSD and EURCHF, as well as Yen and Ruble pairs. The USD is at multi-year highs, while Crude Oil is at multi-year lows. Valuations of publicly traded forex brokers…

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