Market Quick Take - SP 500 sets a fourth record before Fed minutes - 07 October 2026

Multi-asset trading broker AvaTrade has agreed to acquire the majority of FXCM Group’s business and brand, in a transaction that would bring a longstanding retail FX franchise into the AvaTrade Group.

LSEG and CMC Markets have signed a multi-year strategic data agreement expanding CMC's access to LSEG's real-time and delayed pricing, reference and corporate actions data, news and analytics, plus AI-ready content, to support new products, entry into new markets and the growth of CMC's institutional and B2B partnerships.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is considering a bid for the Cyprus Stock Exchange, with Israeli media citing its EU licence, trading platform and clearing house. Euronext’s Athens exchange and India’s National Stock Exchange are also seen as contenders, and Cyprus aims to sign a sale agreement by the end of this year.

CME Group will launch baseball futures on 12 October, pending regulatory review, tracking CME FutureSports Performance Indexes built on Official League Data. Standard and micro contracts will start with the 2026 Postseason and the four clubs in the League Championship Series, trading around the clock.

ESMA has published an opinion stating that MiCA-authorised crypto-asset service providers should cease services tied to non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins for EU clients across MiCA crypto-asset services. National authorities should require remediation of existing exposures within three months, by early January 2027.

Nasdaq Ventures has made a strategic investment in Amsterdam-based derivatives and crypto exchange One Trading, with both firms to explore 24/7 trading of equity futures. The undisclosed investment follows Nasdaq's US$100 million investment in Payward, the parent of Kraken, and CME Group's move to 24/7 trading.

cTrader has opened multi-platform plugins to brokers and prop firms, which can pre-install their own tools for clients or list them in cTrader Store. The plugins run across Mobile, Web, Windows and Mac, and can be built and launched independently of core-platform releases, including trading journals and calculators.

Institutional brokerage and financial infrastructure provider Clear Street has joined TradingView’s broker network, allowing its clients to trade US stocks, exchange-traded funds and options directly through the charting and analysis platform.

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GTC Prime has announced a strategic partnership with Centroid Solutions to manage and distribute its liquidity through CS 360 Bridge, Centroid's multi-asset connectivity and execution engine, giving brokers and institutional clients access to tailor-made pricing, low-latency execution and real-time risk management.