German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse said on Monday that it has held talks with the New York Stock Exchange Euronext group but they had not led to a merger agreement.

MUMBAI, Feb 15, 2008 (AFP) - NYSE Euronext, the world's largest financial market group, said Friday it will pick up a five percent stake in Mumbai's multi-commodity exchange MCX for 55 million dollars.

The deal is expected to be closed by June this year, subject to relevant regulatory approvals, a joint NYSE and MCX statement said.

PARIS, Jan 10, 2008 (AFP) - Shares in transatlantic stock market operator NYSE Euronext gained ground here on Thursday following a press report it was in talks to acquire its smaller rival, the American Stock Exchange (Amex).

NYSE Euronext shares in early trading were up 3.51 percent at 54.53 euros on a generally stronger Paris market.

PARIS, Dec 20, 2007 (AFP) - The transatlantic market operator NYSE Euronext said Thursday its cash and derivatives markets achieved record trading volumes in 2007, with fastest growth at its London-based Liffe derivatives exchange.

BEIJING, Dec 11, 2007 (AFP) - The New York Stock Exchange formally opened a Beijing office on Tuesday in the hope of luring more of China's rapidly growing companies to list on the world's largest bourse.

The move comes a week after NYSE rival Nasdaq opened its own representative office here amid growing foreign interest in the market strength of Chinese firms.

PARIS, Dec 7, 2007 (AFP) - Transatlantic stock market operator NYSE Euronext said Friday it had reached an agreement to acquire Powernext Carbon, the emissions permit division of electricity trading company Powernext.

Financial details were not disclosed.

PARIS, Dec 5, 2007 (AFP) - The transatlantic market operator NYSE Euronext said Wednesday its cash markets had their busiest month ever in November, with combined volume on the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon stock exchanges soaring 68.3 percent to 33.6 million transactions from a year earlier.

NEW YORK, Dec 2, 2007 (AFP) - The computer age has wiped out the need for human traders in many stock markets around the world, but the New York Stock Exchange is fighting to ensure the survival of its historic trading floor.

At 11 Wall Street behind the NYSE's imposing white marble facade, about 1,500 dealers continue to buy and sell shares on the exchange's trading floor.

NEW YORK, Nov 14, 2007 (AFP) - Troubled Wall Street investment bank Merrill Lynch on Wednesday chose John Thain, who forged the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext into the world's largest stock market operator, as its new chief executive and chairman.

Thain, 52, currently the CEO of NYSE Euronext, will take the Merrill Lynch posts on December 1, Merrill Lynch said in a statement.

NEW YORK, Nov 14, 2007 (AFP) - NYSE Euronext, the world's largest stock market operator, named late Wednesday Duncan Niederauer as its next chief executive to succeed John Thain, who is leaving to head investment bank Merrill Lynch.