Exchanges that list reverse mergers, such as NASDAQ and NYSE Amex, have delisted or halted trading in at least a dozen stocks (some of which still trade in over-the-counter markets).
Lime will allow trading with the eight options exchanges which include BATS Options, Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange, Nasdaq OMX Options, Nasdaq OMX PHLX, NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options.
Additionally, equities must have a three month average daily volume of at least 100, 000 shares (as of the close on September 30, 2012) and must trade on the NASDAQ, NYSE, or NYSE AMEX (no OTCBB or PinkSheets).
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One good thing about a potential NYSE-AMEX pairing: the ability to cut costs and merge floor populations, another reason why the speculation about the benefits of such a deal continues.
Meanwhile, NYSE Euronext's Amex options market was flooded with more than 30, 000 erroneous trades on Friday in what traders said was likely an automated strategy running off course.
Under the proposed plan to dilute the 52.8% NYSE Euronext holding of Amex, Citadel and Goldman Sachs will each own nearly 15% followed by Bank of America, Citigroup and Ameritrade at 5% each.
The price of gold rose 10% in 2011, while the Amex Gold Bugs Index (NYSE: HUI), a basket of unhedged gold stocks, fell 16%.
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The name of the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE MKT exchange was incorrectly given as Amex, its former name, in a Global Finance article in some editions Wednesday about exchanges' lower trading activity.
The Amex deal is the first for NYSE Euronext under the leadership of Duncan Niederaur, who took over last month after John Thain left to straighten out Merrill Lynch.
The Amex deal is the first for NYSE Euronext under the leadership of Duncan Niederaur, who took over last month after John Thain left to straighten out Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ).
This company, though it went public on the Amex in 1986 (it now trades on the NYSE), is still very much a family affair.
Recently NYSE announced its plans to sell the majority of its stake in the Amex stock options market to seven companies which includes top banks, trading houses and brokerages.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.6%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is down about 0.3%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is higher by about 0.9%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is off about 0.1%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is off about 0.3%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is lower by about 0.3%.
Among the largest underlying components of VXUS, in trading today Toyota Motor Corp ( NYSE: TM) is trading flat, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is down about 1.9%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is lower by about 0.8%.
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This is just slightly below the 44% annual gain for the iShares MSCI Mexico Index (amex: EWW), which is heavily concentrated in mobile phone monopoly America Movil (nyse: AMX - news - people ), which has soared 67% in the past year.
Among the largest underlying components of VSS, in trading today Catamaran Corp ( NASD: CTRX) is down about 1%, Baytex Energy Corp ( NYSE: BTE) is off about 0.7%, and New Gold Inc. ( AMEX: NGD) is higher by about 0.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of XME, in trading today Royal Gold Incorporated ( NASD: RGLD) is off about 1.2%, Allied Nevada Gold Corporation ( AMEX: ANV) is off about 1.5%, and US Gold Corporation ( NYSE: UXG) is lower by about 0.9%.
In a press conference Friday, Greifeld and other executives involved in the Nasdaq deal made several veiled and not-so-veiled references to their chief competitor, the New York Stock Exchange, which Wednesday made a surprise announcement that it was buying the electronic exchange Archipelago Holdings (amex: AX - news - people ) (see " Thain Taking NYSE Public").
The American Express (nyse: AXP - news - people ) Centurion card, also known as the "Black AmEx, " is the subject of much speculation on Internet chat rooms.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is down about 0.3%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.B) is up about 0.9%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is lower by about 0.7%.
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Among the largest underlying components of PIN, in trading today ITC Holdings Corp ( NYSE: ITC) is down about 0.1%, ABB Ltd ( NYSE: ABB) is up about 1.3%, and Pwershars DB Base Mtls Short Etn ( AMEX: BOS) is higher by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is up about 0.1%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up about 0.3%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.B) is higher by about 0.2%.
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