As of mid-November, short interest in 2,753 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 6,864,479,290 shares compared with 7,272,707,794 shares in 2,748 Global Market issues for the month of October.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) declared effective the Form S-4 registration statement relating to the proposed combination between NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V. NYSE Group and Euronext N.V. have entered into an agreement providing for a combination of their businesses under a new holding company named NYSE Euronext. The combination will create the first global exchange group, encompassing seven exchanges in six countries.
The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 13-17.
The Board of London Stock Exchange Group plc rejects Nasdaq’s final* offer to acquire the Company for 1243p per share in cash. The Board firmly believes that the proposal, which represents only a 2 per cent premium to the market price at the close of business on 17 November 2006, substantially undervalues the Company and fails to reflect its unique strategic position and the powerful earnings and operational momentum of the business.
The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Nov. 15, 2006, reflecting transactions through Nov. 10, 2006.
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and Brut trading platforms for the month of October.
Euronext reports record results for the first 3 quarters of 2006. Thanks to high levels of trading activity since the beginning of the year, Euronext revenues amounted to a historical high of €820.0m in the first nine months of 2006, compared to €695.5m (+17.9%) during the same period in 2005. For the third quarter, Q3 2006 outperformed revenues in Q3 2005 by 11.9%, making it the highest third quarter ever.
NYSE Group, Inc. today announced that it has received the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval for exemptive relief from the provisions of section 12(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934 permitting NYSE members and member organizations to trade certain unlisted debt securities on the Exchange.
The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 6-10.
