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JPMorgan Sees Institutional Interest In Options On CME Bitcoin Futures
Monday, January 13, 2020 - 4:08pm | 492Read More...CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), a derivatives and options exchange operating in Chicago and New York, formally announced the launch of options on Bitcoin (BTC) futures Monday, delivering on the growing interest and demand for a cash-settled instrument that allows for more efficient exposure and...
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Blockchain And AI Subsidiary Of China's Largest Insurer Raises US IPO Expectations To $504M
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 7:04am | 347Read More...In an updated filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, OneConnect Financial Technology Limited, a blockchain and AI subsidiary of Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd’s (OTC: PNGAY) increased the amount it hopes to raise as part of its initial...
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What Record High Stocks Mean For The Small Business Loan Market
Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 9:30am | 661Read More...Stock market indices continue to hit record highs in the United States. On Nov. 8, the Down Jones Industrial Average closed at an 18.7% increase since Jan. 1. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed with a 23.4% and 27.7% yearly gain, respectively. While this is a good thing for investors, what about...
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$1.14B IPO For Chinese Baby Formula Company
Monday, October 28, 2019 - 1:22am | 381Read More...Baby formula maker China Feihe Ltd. has reportedly started accepting orders from investors for its initial public offering. The company will be listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). What Happened Feihe is looking to raise up to $1.14 billion for its IPO. To achieve this, the baby...
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NYSE's Bakkt To Launch Options For Bitcoin Futures This Year
Friday, October 25, 2019 - 12:03pm | 485Read More...Bakkt, the New York Stock Exchange-affiliated bitcoin futures exchange, announced Thursday that it plans to launch a fully regulated options contract for bitcoin futures Dec. 9. Bakkt is a digital assets platform founded by by the Intercontinental Exchange in 2018. ICE is the parent...
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Infosys Faces SEC Probe, Class-Action Lawsuit In US After Whistleblower Complaint
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 6:05am | 370Read More...The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the whistleblower complaints against India-based IT company Infosys (NYSE: INFY), Reuters reported. Infosys is also facing a class-action lawsuit filed by Rosen Law Firm in a New York court on Wednesday, according to the Economic Times. The...
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qSpark Developer Talks Low-Latency, High-Frequency Trading Infrastructure
Monday, July 29, 2019 - 3:38pm | 531Read More...In an interview with Benzinga, Eliezer Paiewonsky, director of DevOps at qSpark, a provider of low latency trading platforms, discussed progress on a field-programmable gate array solution to help bolster risk management and high-speed executions. About qSpark qSpark is a tech company that provides...
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BioPharmCatalyst: A Research Tool For A Volatile Sector
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - 3:33pm | 501Read More...BioPharmCalalyst's drug and regulatory approval tracker is meant to minimize information asymmetry, the website's founder told Benzinga. How The Platform Started Adam Burden, an international business graduate from the University of Sydney, told Benzinga he became interested in...
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Why Is The US Stock Market Open 6.5 Hours A Day?
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 9:02am | 502Read More...The New York Stock Exchange will have an abbreviated trading session from 9:30 a.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET this Friday following a Thanksgiving Day closure. The holiday-shortened trading session may seem atypical for today’s traders, but NYSE trading hours haven’t always been 9:30 a.m. to 4 p....
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Livent's IPO: What You Need To Know
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 5:28pm | 480Read More...Lithium company Livent is set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “LTHM.” The stock is expected to debut Thursday, Oct. 11, although an official IPO date has not yet been released. The Details The company will sell 20 million shares of common stock at...
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American Stock Exchange: Then and Now
Saturday, July 15, 2017 - 10:52am | 707Read More...The American Stock Exchange ("Amex") is currently called the NYSE MKT LLC and located in New York; it has the distinction of being the third-largest exchange by trading volume in the United States. After being acquired by the NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) on Oct. 1, 2008, for $260 million,...
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Why Wipro Shares Got Wiped Out Monday
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 9:58am | 372Read More...Shareholders of Indian IT company Wipro Limited (ADR) (NYSE: WIT) went on quite a ride Monday on what appears to be confusion over an upcoming dividend payment. Shares plummeted 50 percent in early trading on 170,000 in volume, despite the company’s $20.3 billion market cap. At about 9 a.m.,...
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All The Stock Market Holidays In 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2017 - 9:11am | 300Read More...U.S. stock traders are looking forward to a three-day weekend this week as the market will be closed on Monday, February 20, in observance of President's Day/Washington’s Birthday. February 20 is one of only nine stock market holidays in 2017. The U.S. stock market never closes for...
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What The Equity Expansion Of NYSE Floor Could Mean For Traders
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 12:20pm | 560Read More...Reuters reported on Wednesday the NYSE's plan to expand floor trading in the exchange to include all 8,600 U.S. equities by the end of 2017. The initiative to introduce over 5,000 previously excluded securities not displayed on the exchange's Big Board is aimed at increasing volume while...
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Friday's After-Hours Movers: Energy, Pharmaceuticals Active
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 4:41pm | 408Read More...Shortly after the closing bell rang on Friday, the after-hours volume on the NYSE exceeded 27,311,000, with the most active issues being Transocean LTD (NYSE: RIG) with a share volume of 2,162,164 and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). On the NASDAQ, the after-hours volume was more than 16,517, 250, with the...















