(Bloomberg) — Equity traders frustrated by recent sleepy volumes are getting a big liquidity boost.
Stock transactions spiked Friday amid a quarterly event colloquially known as quadruple witching, when options and futures on indexes and equities expire. As of 11:05 a.m. in New York, volume on S&P 500 stocks was 24% above the average for that time of day over the past 30 sessions as the benchmark almost erased an earlier loss of 0.7%.
The event usually brings single-day volumes that rank…
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