Bats targets US rivals with new index

Tuesday 29 September 2009 at 15:49

Bats Exchange, the Kansas City-based stock market, has launched a US benchmark index, in its latest move to lure traders from established and new rivals.

Bats said in a statement yesterday it has launched the Bats 1000 index, which will track the performance of 1000 US-listed stocks across 10 market sectors.