The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1430 GMT on Tuesday.** European competition authorities are ready to block the $9 billion merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse unless the companies agree to new asset sales, Le Monde newspaper reported on Tuesday.
NYSE Euronext is a global operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies. Shares of NYX traded higher by 0.25% or $0.07/share to $28.34. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $21.80 and as high as $41.60. On average, 3299730 shares of NYX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 39093.
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