The US owner of the New York Stock Exchange will take over the running of Libor, the benchmark interest rate at the centre of a global rigging scandal, wresting control from a British bankers’ trade body for a token £1 (€1.16).

Major stock market indexes have climbed as investors waited for the finish of a closely fought US presidential election.

Stocks have closed mixed on Wall Street after the market reopened following a two-day shutdown caused by Superstorm Sandy.

Traders in London were left in limbo today after Hurricane Sandy forced Wall Street to shut down for the first time since the September 11 attacks.

News that Spain's economy entered another recession renewed worries about the fragility of Europe's finances today and nudged stocks lower on Wall Street last night.

Enda Kenny will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell on Mar 19 to open the day’s trading on Wall St.

Some of the world’s top bankers are increasingly hopeful that the eurozone’s debt crisis can be resolved, and confident of a deal to ensure Greece’s now inevitable debt default will be orderly.

DEUTSCHE Boerse won US antitrust approval to buy NYSE Euronext in a $9 billion deal to create the world’s No 1 exchange operator, but the transaction still faces serious regulatory headwinds in Europe.

US stocks fell, following the biggest three-day rally since 2009, as German and French leaders proposed a financial-transaction tax and rejected selling euro bonds to halt a debt crisis threatening economic growth.

Technology company troubles and renewed concerns about Europe's debt dragged US stocks lower for a second day today.

London Stock Exchange vowed to press ahead with a merger with its Toronto counterpart today, despite the emergence of a rival Canadian bidder.

A rival bidder was today poised to scupper a £4bn (€4.59bn) merger deal between the London Stock Exchange and its Toronto counterpart.

Up to 20 top business executives will attend the Northern Ireland economic investment conference in Washington DC, it was revealed today.

Royal Dutch Shell, Dong Energy and Scottish Power have cancelled a joint British wind-energy project, the Sunday Times said.

The New York Stock Exchange announced a job-creating investment in Belfast today as UK prime minister Gordon Brown and Taoiseach Brian Cowen travelled to the city to encourage American business chiefs to invest in the North.

The owners of the New York stock exchange will be in Northern Ireland next month for a US investment conference.

The Australian Stock Exchange today reportedly played down rumours it was eyeing Nasdaq's 31% stake in the London Stock Exchange.

EURONEXT shareholders yesterday approved overwhelmingly a $14 billion (€10.63bn) plan to merge the multinational European exchange operator with the New York Stock Exchange and form the first transatlantic bourse.

The New York Stock Exchange is to buy Euronext for about $10bn (€7.8bn) in cash and stock, creating the first transatlantic securities market in a deal that would pressure rival exchanges to consolidate.