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LON:PLUS
Plus500 is a leading provider of Contracts for Difference (CFD’s), delivering trading facilities on shares, forex, commodities and indices, alongside innovative trading technology. Plus500 is owned by Plus500UK Ltd. A UK based company with its main offices located in the city of London. The company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to offer Contracts For Difference (CFD). The company is a rapidly growing CFD provider in Europe and Asia and currently offers its portfolio of over 1000 instruments to over a million clients.
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The transfer of Plus500 from AIM to the main market has forced Stockpot's AIM Sustainable Dividends portfolio to bank handsome profits; will three newcomers be able to emulate Plus500's meteoric rise?
CMC Markets said the changes would see group retail revenue from CFDs and spread betting drop by between 10% to 15%
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Poor manufacturing stats raise worries over the British economy, the PMI measure for April was the lowest for 17-months..
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Day ahead includes first quarter updates from oil giant BP PLC and online food delivery firm Just Eat PLC, plus the latest two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting kicks-off
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Plus500 continues to shine for the virtual portfolio while new entrant Strix Group has got off to a solid start. Since its inception, the portfolio has outperformed the FTSE 100 index.
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A lot of academic research suggests a momentum investing strategy outperforms the market. John Harrington attempts to concoct a lazy person's momentum investing system.
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The online contracts for differences trading platform provider said core earnings rose 72% to US$259.2mln for the year ended December 31, with revenue rising 33% to US$437.2mln
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Investors will also be keen to see more integration synergies from the addition of Baxalta.
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Week ahead includes the latest UK and US consumer price indexes, plus corporate updates from RELX PLC, Coca Cola HBC PLC, Shire PLC and ConvaTec PLC
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The two most recent additions to the portfolio did the business at the tail end of 2017, but Zytronic gets the heave-ho on concerns over debt collection
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Several firms have told the FCA they intend to stop providing CFDs to firms that distribute their products on an advisory or discretionary basis
Some of the biggest risers and fallers in the London market on Wednesday
The AIM listed firm said it achieved strong volumes in crypto currency CFDs and experienced increased interest in the offering throughout the year
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ESMA are suggesting prohibiting the sale and marketing of binary options and restricting the sale and marketing of contracts for difference (CFDs)
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers on Monday in London
The UK blue chip index closed up 46.44 points at 7,537
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Performance of the virtual portfolio this year could have been better, and arguably should have been given positive trading updates from some constituents
Around 4pm, the UK blue chip index rose 2 points to 7,490
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Day ahead includes third quarter updates from blue chip oil major BP PLC, advertising giant WPP PLC, and mid cap food delivery firm Just Eat PLC
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Week ahead includes interest rate decisions from the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve, as well as updates from HSBC, BT, Next, BP, and Royal Dutch Shell
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in London today
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For the six-months ending June 30, 2017, the AIM-listed group’s underlying earnings (EBITDA) doubled to US$118.5mln, as its revenue increased 19% to US$188.4mln
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The AIM-listed firm said that current trading revenue has been stronger than the first quarter and profit margins have been maintained
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PE multiples have partially converged but range is still wide. FCA consultation ends tomorrow.
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The CFDs trading platform operator saw a strong recovery in margins in the second half of the year
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Investors are be hoping that for the full-year overall BP should reverse the previous year’s losses as big write-downs should not feature again.
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BP could please on Thursday as its recent quarterly updates have proved a little disappointing. GlaxoSmithKline will unveil its numbers Wednesday.
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Zak Mir suggests the best ways to play the heavily-hit spreadbet firms over the coming months
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BaFin, the latest European watchdog to recommend a clamp down on the fast-growing industry, said late yesterday that it intends to ban the sale of CFDs to retail customers if they include a so-called additional payment obligation.
Iluka had threatened to walk away from the proposed takeover only last week
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FTSE 100 shares closed near their highest point of the session on Tuesday, but no thanks to spread-betting stocks after the UK’s top regulator proposed stricter rules for the sector
Despite helpful foreign exchange rate movements, the defence firm Cobham said full-year performance would be lower than management had been expecting
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The five founders earned themselves a nice payday after selling £100mln worth of their shares in the company
Major share price risers and fallers in London at 4pm
Dr Sam Malafeh, the new deputy chief executive officer of AEC Education, has subscribed for £200,000 of shares at 5p each.
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Financial trading group reports continued recovery from problems
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, housebuilders Berkeley and Barratt, Halfords, Dixons Carphone, and JD Whetherspoon are on the agenda.
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Financial trading group said Friday's volatility sparked record spread-bets and gains in customers
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Broadcaster ITV was downgraded, as was airline group IAG
Utilitwise is keen to align supplier commercial terms to improve cash conversion
Miners lead the march of the blue-chips while among the small caps it is more a case of the salsa
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The FTSE 100 Index rose in early trading after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 223 points ahead
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Market turmoil sparked by low oil prices and geopolitical events resulted in strong start to 2016
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Also covered: BHP Billiton, Centaur Media, Kingfisher, Reckitt Benckiser
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The group, which also owns Homebase, could fetch up to £1bn according to reports
The FTSE 100 Index fell 26 points to 6308 at lunchtime
The Footsie and mainland European indices fell despite upbeat eurozone data
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Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
Playtech's average daily revenue early in the third quarter fell 2% versus the second quarter
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London's blue chips were led lower by miners after weak chinese data and downgrades from Societe Generale.
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In the latest twist to Playtech's offer for troubled trading shop Plus500 (LON:PLUS), its largest shareholder with over 25%, said it would oppose the bid. The Playtech offer, unveiled on Monday, valued the Aim-quoted company at 400p a share
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The FTSE 100 slipped back from this morning’s gains
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Playtech is to buy Plus500 at a 48% discount to Plus500's share price two weeks ago after a dramatic fall from grace for the company.
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The FTSE 100 made a big rebound from Friday's fall as it climbed back above 7,000.
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The market is begining to count the actual costs of Plus 500's account freeze, which could yet last a further month, though the share appears to be finding some support as US hedge fund, and major shareholder, Odey Asset Management has incr
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