The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday: * The Bank of Spain and Spain's state-backed bank restructuring FROB fund are set to decide as early as Friday whether Banco de Sabadell can purchase Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM), the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people involved in the negotiations.* CME Group Inc, operator of the world's leading energy, grains and precious metals markets, is in talks with China's securities regulator to enter the mainland's financial derivatives market, the official China Daily reported on Thursday.
CME Group Inc. (CME Group) offers a range of products, including those based on interest rates, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, energy and metals. Shares of CME traded higher by 4.04% or $9.67/share to $249.28. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $235.23 and as high as $328.00. On average, 702454 shares of CME exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 615015.