The New York Home Office Intercontinental Exchange agreed to buy MarketAxss for about $6 billion

On 30 July, the New York Stock Exchange parent intercontinental exchange agreed to purchase MarketAxes Holdings Inc. with approximately $6 billion in cash to integrate one of the largest fixed-income trading platforms in the world into a system of sub-lag trading platforms. According to a statement issued on Thursday, the Intercontinental Exchange will purchase the entire ManetAxes ' share at $167 per share, which is 33 per cent higher than the latter ' s closing premium on Wednesday. The intercontinental exchange stock price rose by 0.8 per cent to $155.46; and MarketAxess stock price increased by 30 per cent to $163.24, the largest increase since 2008。