funny how the NYMEX IPO got priced all of a sudden from the newswires - The New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday set an estimated price range for its initial public offering, just a day after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's bid for the Chicago Board of Trade stoked interest in the already hot bourse sector. The Nymex said it'll go public at an estimated $48 to $52 a share.-
Is this story in todayâs Financial Times a sign of things to come? CME grapples with possible metals conflict The Chicago Mercantile Exchange could close the metals trading business it will inherit from the $8bn deal with the Chicago Board of Trade to preserve its new commodities with the New York Mercantile Exchange.