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Rising oil boosts investors’ optimism
February 4th, 2015
US markets surged on Tuesday as rising oil prices lifted energy shares. Energy issues gained 2.8%, marking fourth-straight advance. Investors’ optimism was boosted also by developments in Greece’s debt negotiations and automaker’s reports of increases in January car sales. ...
How Greece could accidentally stumble out of the euro
February 4th, 2015
In less than four weeks the international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat for five years is due to expire. Debt repayments are looming and the country is running out of funds. Lenders won’t forgive Greece’s huge debts so ...
Dark-Pool Trade Size Doubles in Europe as Venues Hunt Blocks
February 4th, 2015
Even before new regulations revamp trading in 2017, Europe’s private stock markets are already returning to their original purpose: handling big trades. The average size of trades on European dark pools doubled to 11,403 euros ($13,050) in December from ...
UAE’s NBAD launches market-making on Abu Dhabi bourse
February 3rd, 2015
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) officially began market-making – quoting buying and selling prices – on the Abu Dhabi stock exchange (ADX) on Tuesday, aiming to boost trading volumes. The bank, the largest lender by assets in the ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
February 3rd, 2015
US markets recorded solid gains on Monday after a choppy trading session as investor sentiment improved with rebounding oil prices. Energy sector shares led the gains. Markets discounted disappointing economic news. The ISM report showed that manufacturing activity slowed ...
Asia sags on growth worries, Aussie slides as RBA eases
February 3rd, 2015
Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday amid ongoing growth concerns, while the Australian dollar plumbed six-year lows after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2 percent after the latest batch ...
KCG announces Consolidated Earnings
February 2nd, 2015
KCG One of the World’s Largest Independent Market Makers issued a press release for: Consolidated Earnings of $0.23 Per Diluted Share for the Fourth Quarter of 2014 Pre-tax income from continuing operations of $26.5 million includes a net charge ...
FXCM announced on Stockholder Rights Plan
February 2nd, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange, or FX, trading and related services, announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan (the “Rights Plan”) and declared a dividend distribution of one right ...
Oil Companies Draw on Creative Financing to Stay Afloat After Prices Tumble
February 2nd, 2015
North America’s small and mid-sized energy companies are searching for creative ways to stay afloat as investors smell blood in the water from the almost 60 percent fall in the price of oil since June. Oil and natural gas ...
London Capital Group released on Conversion of Loan Notes and Issue of Equity
January 29th, 2015
London Capital Group announced that: JIM Nominees Limited have served notice to convert 750,000 loan notes of £1.00 each in LCG at a price of 25.02p in accordance with the terms of the Institutional Investors Convertible Loan Note Instrument ...
