Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange have abandoned their $11.3bn break-up bid for NYSE Euronext after a US competition regulator threatened to sue the companies to block the potential deal.
The Department of Justice said that combining the NYSE’s stock market operations with Nasdaq’s would have “substantially eliminated competition” in listings, trade reporting and other areas.
Nasdaq and ICE were seeking to derail an agreed merger between the NYSE and Germany’s Deutsche Börse but on Monday withdrew their proposal, adding that they were “surprised and disappointed” by the DoJ’s decision.
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