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Traders clash over marketplace
Traders clashed over the fragmentation and ultra high speed of US equities marketplace yesterday, as one charged that more traditional orders are being “gamed” but another said that high-frequency traders are unfairly vilified. The trading experts argued over what needs to be done to restore confidence after the Dow Jones industrial average mysteriously plunged some 700 points in minutes on 6 May before sharply rebounding.