Friday deadline for LSE stake bidders

Potential buyers were today given until Friday to signal interest in US bourse Nasdaq’s 31% stake in the London Stock Exchange.

Nasdaq, which is selling the stake it built up in a failed hostile takeover of the LSE earlier this year, has reportedly attracted interest from possible bidders including the Qatari Investment Authority and Singapore investment fund Temasek.

The various bidders have until the end of the week to express interest, sources close to the situation confirmed.