Monday, April 30, 2007

Eurex vs U.S. Exchanges, ICICI's Value, Chalco's Cost: Commentary

(Bloomberg) -- Eurex AG fired a shot across the bow of stock exchanges in the U.S. with its $2.8 billion takeover bid for International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc., the country's second-largest options market.

Europe's largest derivatives exchange is destined to surpass the New York Stock Exchange in U.S. equity-options trading, as the ISE does more business than every other market except the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The NYSE's electronic market, NYSE Arca, ranks fourth in options.


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