NYSE Market News

In keeping with announcement this article will be entirely derivative. NYSE Euronext has began listing GBP/USD and GBP/EUR options and futures on its market in Amsterdam. The new introduction means an extension of NYSE Euronext’s European range of foreign exchange derivatives, which until today included EUR/USD options and futures. In a statement the exchange argued […]

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext (NYX), has announced that it has obtained approval from the Chinese State Council Information Office (SCIO) to distribute market data in China. The deal was foretold in Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book of Pink Sheets. With the license from the SCIO, NYSE Technologies will disseminate financial […]

Mexican low-cost airline Volaris has opened for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol (NYSE:VLRS) after an initial public offering of ADRs. GETCO is the Designated Market Maker for the company’s stock. Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranena, joined by members of the Company’s shareholders and management team, celebrated the company’s first day […]

I was pondering the ups and downs of the FTSE 100 this morning as I was reading headlines from a couple of dozen newspapers.  One source said that waiting for this month’s imminent U.S. Federal Reserve announcement was holding the FTSE down.  Another said that the FTSE will reach 8,000.  The problem was that it […]

Every evening Americans turn on their TV’s to catch up on the news of the day.  Among the top five headlines of the day, there is inevitably something like this:  “The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 32 points today on news that . . .”  For the average American, that’s the most attention that […]

NYSE MKT has announced its final determination to remove the Common Stock (the “Securities”) of GeoPetro Resources Company from listing on the Exchange, and filed an application on Form 25 to strike the Securities from listing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The delisting will become effective on September 16, 2013 unless postponed […]

NYSE Euronext has announced a strategic partnership with ACE, a transaction management platform for private placements of equity, debt and other securities. NYSE Euronext and ACE will establish an independent technology backbone for new issuances of private securities, with the goal of bringing greater transparency and efficiencies to the private market, just as NYSE Euronext […]

A couple of weeks ago I wrote one of my typically brilliant stories, only to see that my colleague, Tom Frew, wrote about the same story the very next day.  I cautioned him that his “oversight” might be returned in kind someday.  I mean, you never know about these things.  Today, I return from a […]

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) have reported second quarter net earnings of $611 million, or $0.95 per share, which includes EPS dilution related to the Canadian Segment of (21) cents per share. Adjusted earnings per share, a measure the retailer believes is “useful in providing period-to-period comparisons of the results of its U.S. operations”, were $1.19 in […]

NYSE Euronext (NYX) has announced the restructured leadership team for its regulated exchange business NYSE Liffe. Finbarr Hutcheson, Co-Chief Executive of NYSE Liffe with responsibility for commercial and business development, becomes sole CEO whilst Andrew Dodsworth, Executive Director of Market Services, has been appointed as a Director of the LIFFE Board. In a statement the […]