Brokers in blue jackets are crowding around the GTS trading post, looking to sell shares of Alibaba. That job is particularly important at the end of the trading day, as volume spikes. This high-visibility booth on the NYSE floor, within spitting distance of CNBC television cameras, was the property of Barclays. For the former commodities trader, the move to the trading floor was inevitable. A significant chunk of that head count is the 25 employees at its NYSE floor operation, most of whom came with the Barclays floor unit purchase.

Source: Mint October 17, 2016 05:48 UTC