On Friday, FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM)’s shares inclined 10.58% to $1.15.
FXCM Inc (FXCM) declared certain key operating metrics for May 2015 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.
May 2015 Customer Trading Metrics from Ongoing Operations (1)
- Retail customer trading volume (2) of $331 billion in May 2015, 8% higher than April 2015 and 39% higher than May 2014.
- Average retail customer trading volume (2) per day of $15.8 billion in May 2015, 14% higher than April 2015 and 46% higher than May 2014.
- An average of 520,282 retail client trades per day in May 2015, 2% higher than April 2015 and 65% higher than May 2014.
- Tradeable accounts (3) of 188,484 as of May 31, 2015, an enhance of 263 accounts from April 2015, and an enhance of 29,583 accounts, or 19% from May 2014.
May 2015 Institutional Trading Metrics
- Institutional customer trading volume (1) of $206 billion in May 2015, 6% lower than April 2015 and 11% higher than May 2014.
- Average institutional trading volume (1) per day of $9.8 billion in May 2015, 2% lower than April 2015 and 17% higher than May 2014.
- An average of 38,394 institutional client trades per day in May 2015, 30% lower than April 2015 and 31% lower than May 2014.
FXCM Inc., through its auxiliaries, provides online foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services to retail and institutional customers worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Retail Trading and Institutional Trading. It acts as an agent between retail customers and a collection of global banks and financial institutions by making foreign currency markets for customers trading in foreign exchange spot markets.
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR)’s shares gained 0.31% to $184.33.
Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) declared that its partner, CCO Safari II, LLC, has priced $15.5 billion of senior secured notes due 2020, 2022, 2025, 2035, 2045 and 2055 (the “Notes”). The 2020 Notes will bear an interest rate of 3.579% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion. The 2022 Notes will bear an interest rate of 4.464% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $3.0 billion. The 2025 Notes will bear an interest rate of 4.908% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion. The 2035 Notes will bear an interest rate of 6.384% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion. The 2045 Notes will bear an interest rate of 6.484% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $3.5 billion. The 2055 Notes will bear an interest rate of 6.834% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of $500 million.
Charter Communications, Inc., through its auxiliaries, provides entertainment, information, and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers cable video programming services, counting basic and digital video, premium channels, on-demand, pay-per-view, high definition television, and digital video recorder services, in addition to Charter TV App, which enables video customers to search and discover content on various devices, counting the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android based tablets.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Carnival Corp NYSE:CCL)‘s shares dipped -1.33% to $51.12.
Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL) has declared that it has raised its quarterly dividend to $0.30 per share.
The company’s board of directors approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of August 21, 2015, and a payment date of September 11, 2015.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will receive the dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling. In the absence of instructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling.
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on September 1, 2015. Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive their dividend in U.S. dollars or take part in the Carnival plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan must elect to do so by August 21, 2015.
Carnival Corporation operates as a cruise company worldwide. It provides vacations to various cruise destinations. The company offers cruise services under the Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn brand names in North America; and AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, and P&O Cruises names in Europe, Australia, and Asia. It operates 100 cruise ships.
Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE), ended its Friday’s trading session with -3.49% loss, and closed at $105.70.
Expedia Inc (EXPE) declared the results of a collaborative study to determine how travel and romance intersect for Americans. The 2015 Foreign Affairs Study was commissioned by Expedia® and Tinder and conducted by GfK, an independent global market research company.
GfK asked 1,000 Americans a range of questions about travel and romance, counting how early in a relationship they would consider taking an overnight vacation, which destination features they would prioritize on their first trip away, how willing they would be to vacation with a partner’s parents and where the most attractive dating populations reside.
The full Expedia/Tinder 2015 Foreign Affairs Study can be found here on the Expedia® Viewfinder blog. In addition to this, Expedia and Tinder also launched a Match Made in Travel game that allows users to swipe right on their favorite locations and get paired with their ideal destination match. Check out the game here.
Expedia, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Leisure and Egencia. It provides travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers, offline retail travel agents, and travel service providers through a portfolio of brands, counting Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Classic Vacations, Travelocity, Expedia Local Expert, Egencia, Expedia CruiseShipCenters, eLong, and Venere.com, in addition to trivago, CarRentals.com, Wotif.com, lastminute.com.au, travel.com.au, Asia Web Direct, LateStays.com, GoDo.com.au, and Arnold Travel Technology.
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