ICE + NYSE = NICE?
December 21, 2012
Here are a few statistics of note, from the planned merger that explain why the 12-year-old firm is buying the 220-year-old firm that is the flagship of American capitalism.
Wags have already started to dub the combination of Intercontinental Exchange, and NYSE Euronext, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, as NICE. As in NYSE Intercontinental Exchange.
NYSE Euronext Market Capitalization
(NYX)
December 1, 2005: $6.2 billion
December 3, 2007: $18.9 bilion
February 2, 2009: $3.65 billion
February 16, 2011: $10.0 billion (Deutsche Boerse launches bid to buy NYSE Euronext)
November 1, 2012: $5.95 billion
Intercontinental Exchange Market Capitalization
(ICE)
December 1, 2005: $2.0 billion
December 3, 2007: $13.2 billion
December 1, 2009: $8.2 billion
December 1, 2011: $8.7 billion
December 3, 2012: $9.4 billion
SOURCE: MarketCapChart.org
Equities Trading Volume (U.S.)
November 2012: 6,184,790,345.24 shares a day
November 2011: 7,330,471,949.81
November 2010: 7,704,676,353.67
November 2009: 7,887,586,925.05
November 2008: 10,603,281,853.89
October 2008: 12,207,238,424.91
September 2008: 11,344,258,287.10
August 2008: 7,391,829,423.90
November 2007: 7,449,317,304.86
November 2006: 5,006,531,842.52
November 2005: 4,254,335,468.48
SOURCE: Nasdaqtrader.com
