CMC Markets, one of the world's leading online contract for difference (CFD) providers and financial spread betting firms, sent shockwaves through the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) recently when it said it would be no longer trade in AIM shares. With around 50pc of AIM market positions, at any one time, possibly held via CFDs and around 20pc with CMC, dealers feared that the decision could have a major impact on the physical AIM market.
CMC Markets stopped trading in AIM stocks on January 21. Clients were no longer able to open new positions and any bets that remained open would have to be closed out today. CMC said it wanted to focus on core liquid markets and all of the major markets after last year stopping trading in stocks below a certain market capitalisation.
Quelle: CMC Markets stopped trading in AIM stocks on January 21
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