LONDON (Reuters) - A bank of 40 lights flash on the console in front of Will Greenwood, identifying calls coming in from clients frantically trying to trade on a surprise interest rate cut from the German central bank.
Greenwood has seconds to answer the phone, pick out his colleague among the swirl of multi-coloured blazers in the trading pit and signal down the order using only hand gestures.
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