Honed

After rumors that Nymex Holdings was on the “for sale” block spread like wildfire earlier this month (see NGI, June 18), speculators honed in on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)/Euronext, Deutsche Boerse and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) as the shortlist of potential suitors. While Nymex’s stock climbed 6% on the June 15 rumors to close at $142.12 on that day, the publicity from the news reports wasn’t welcomed by all parties.