London Stock Exchange launches 24/5 trading venue amid extended trading hours race
Client testing for LSE 24 will go live by the end of 2026, and ETPs are set to launch as the first asset class on the venue in H1 2027.
Client testing for LSE 24 will go live by the end of 2026, and ETPs are set to launch as the first asset class on the venue in H1 2027.
The exchange confirmed at 9:23 am GMT that it was investigating “an issue impacting its trading/information system”.
Thursday’s outage affected all instruments aside from constituents of the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and IOB securities.
Several securities have been halted with only FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and IOB securities still operational.
New appointment has been with LSEG since 2018, joining from JP Morgan Cazenove where he served in the firm’s equity capital markets team.
The trading venue reported a 50% reduction in average latency on its equities order book, while its ETFs order book has seen a 66% reduction.
It was an honour to be joined by female pioneers of trading on the 50th anniversary of women being allowed onto the London trading floor, as The TRADE hosted a memorable evening to celebrate and support diversity across the industry.
Executive had spent two decades with the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana across a range of equities and derivatives roles.
Euronext, the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Borse’s Xetra, SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq’s OMX took the top five spots with the former reporting €16.6 billion in volumes.
The Federation of European Securities Exchanges, the London Stock Exchange and MSCI are among the entities condemning Russia’s actions.