(Reuters) - Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s (ICE.N) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is in talks to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, a month-and-a-half after U.S. regulators blocked the sale of CHX to China-based investors.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
NYSE may pay about $70 million for CHX, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
CHX and NYSE did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri