Saturday, May 21, 2011

The end of Frankfurts floor trading era

It hurts when i'm thinking of the end of the classic floor trading era by open outcry.
From Monday on the Xetra system will take over and ever order via Frankfurt gets processed by the computersystem.120 Xetra specialists of 16 different companies will fill the trading floor from next week on.
Critics said that the floor trading in Frankfurt was just a show for the public but i'll miss it anyway.
The trading floor in Frankfurt at 1879:
1914:
1957:
1969:
In the 70's:

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