According to a MarketWatch report, CEO Jeff Sprecher said in an interview that a potential deal raises interesting competition issues.
McGraw-Hill (NYSE:MHP) and CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) have reportedly been in negotiations to combine the Standard & Poor's stock indices with the Dow Jones indices.
A combination could raise issues for the derivatives industry, Sprecher told MarketWatch.
Elsewhere in the exchanges industry, Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) said its board of directors has approved a $300 million common stock repurchase program.
Nasdaq OMX also said it plans to make a $109 million incremental debt prepayment in addition to its $11 million mandatory quarterly repayment in the fourth quarter quarter.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Kristin Bianco.
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