Now Plus Markets have launched their service I thought I would compare their prices against those on the London Stock Exchange. Cant see any compelling reasons (price or volume) for any broker to use Plus markets yet! It'll be interesting to see how it all unfolds. This snapshot was taken at 10.30am today from Plus Markets Top Gainers.

Retail Decisions
Plus markets		Bid	153		Offer	158		Volume	170057
London Stock Exchange		Bid	154.5		Offer	155		Volume	1406484

Armorgroup Plus markets Bid 88 Offer 90.75 Volume 63565 London Stock Exchange Bid 87.5 Offer 90.75 Volume 191277 Eurotunnel Plus markets Bid 23 Offer 25.5 Volume 41010 London Stock Exchange Bid 24 Offer 24.75 Volume 287056 Wyevale Plus markets Bid 500 Offer 525 Volume 2875 London Stock Exchange Bid 507.5 Offer 519.5 Volume 1406484 Helical Bar Plus markets Bid 310 Offer 320 Volume 0 London Stock Exchange Bid 313 Offer 320 Volume 197885 Vernalis Plus markets Bid 74 Offer 77 Volume 11746 London Stock Exchange Bid 75 Offer 75.5 Volume 66488 NSB Retail Plus markets Bid 29.5 Offer 31 Volume 71213 London Stock Exchange Bid 29.75 Offer 30.5 Volume 184500 Moss bros Plus markets Bid 80 Offer 84 Volume 0 London Stock Exchange Bid 81.5 Offer 83 Volume 10000 Jarvis Plus markets Bid 89 Offer 91 Volume 14745 London Stock Exchange Bid 89 Offer 90 Volume 50000 Vitec Plus markets Bid 380 Offer 400 Volume 0 London Stock Exchange Bid 384 Offer 395 Volume 8065

On the question of volumes I notice today (so far) that there is twice the number of trades on Plus then there are on the main market for XUKS.

First time that I have noticed that there is any more then about 3-4% of volume in comparing the main and the Plus market (on a share that I am interested in), I wonder what it will be like at the close.