Two of the major exchanges trading natural gas, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) are among a handful of exchanges in the U.S. and Europe that have been discussing possibly purchasing the New York Board of Trade (Nybot), according to an article Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. The article, based on sources, said two exchanges are still in talks, but it did not say which two. Nybot, which has floor-based trading of some agricultural products, would be a good fit with either CBOT Holdings, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, or ICE, because Nybot has a clearing business, WSJ went on to say. Nybot has space on Nymex’s trading floor in Lower Manhattan.

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