NYSE Euronext (
NYX) reported second-quarter results before the opening bell today.
The company swung to a GAAP net loss of $182 million, against net income of $195 million in the year-ago period. The loss was caused by a one-time charge of $442 million related to termination of a contract with LCH.Clearnet and planned job cuts.
Excluding this charge, pro forma earnings per share came in at 51 cents, beating the consensus forecast by more than 13%, or 6 cents.
The transatlantic exchange, which operates across 6 cash equities exchanges in 7 countries and 8 derivatives exchanges, offers trading, clearing and settlement in equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products.
The company stated that net revenues slipped 13.6% year over year to $611 million, which fell short of the consensus estimate by 2%. The decline was attributable to foreign currency fluctuations, price cuts in the U.S. and European markets and sluggish volume in
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