Virtu Financial rises as Q1 results beat estimates
** Shares of brokerage Virtu Financial Inc VIRT.O up 1.6%
at $20.16 in premarket trade
** Co reports Q1 total revenue of $610.5 mln, well above
Wall St est of $325.9 mln - Refinitiv
** Q1 adj profit of $0.74/shr also beat analysts' est of
$0.59/shr
** Three of eight brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher;
Current median PT is $21 - Refinitiv
** VIRT stock down about 3% YTD
(Reporting by Richard Rohan Francis in Bengaluru)
((RichardRohan.Francis@thomsonreuters.com;))
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