NYSE Euronext · New York, NY United States ·(NYSE: NYX)(Euronext Paris: NYX)

NYSE Euronext is one of the world's largest exchange groups, boasting trades totaling more than a third of the global cash equities volume. It operates such esteemed exchanges as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), one of the oldest and largest markets in the world; Euronext, the first cross-border exchange with markets in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Lisbon; NYSE Liffe, a leading international derivatives markets with daily trading values exceeding $2.7 trillion; and NYSE Amex, formerly the American Stock Exchange. In 2007 NYSE acquired Euronext and its derivatives and futures markets (including Liffe) for some $10 billion to create the first trans-Atlantic exchange. The following year it bought rival AMEX. To read the full description, subscribe now.