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Inside Europe's last 'open-outcry' trading floor

  • Metal traders still meet in person at the London Metal Exchange to set prices.
  • The LME faced pressure to maintain in-person trading, even with electronic options available.
  • Traders gather in the Ring, a circle of red benches, adhering to a dress code including ties.
  • Giles Plumb described the brief bursts of trading as feeling like 'a bit like playing poker'.
  • Despite most trading moving online, some argue open-outcry persists due to specialized market needs.
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Inside Europe's last 'open-outcry' trading floor

In an era where computer algorithms automate trading at breakneck speeds, a dwindling number of London's metal traders still conduct business in-person by shouting orders across Europe's last so-called open-outcry trading floor.

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Marietta Daily Journal broke the news in Georgia, United States on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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