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Plus500

September 2021

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Plus500, which runs a leading technology platform to trade online contracts for difference, reported sales of US$346.2m in the six months to June, which although ahead of expectations, was down 38% on the record breaking 2020 when extreme pandemic related market volatility provided helpful conditions. Nevertheless Plus on-boarded almost 137,000 new customers, albeit well below the 198,000 in H1 ’20.The US$30m acquisition of Cunningham, a technology trading platform for options and futures, which provides entry into the US market, completed on 20 July.Canaccord says Plus effectively created a rod for its own back with the record breaking eps of 471 cents in 2020 and a combination of high industry churn and becalmed ...

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