


NYSE Euronext



) pushed the Financial Services industry lower today making it today's featured Financial Services laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, NYSE Euronext fell 26 cents (-1.1%) to $23.18 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4.6 million shares of NYSE Euronext exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.5 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $23.01-$23.57 after having opened the day at $23.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $23.44. Other companies within the Financial Services industry that declined today were:

Paulson Capital



), down 20%,

Ampal-American Israel Corporation



), down 11%,

US Global Investors



), down 7.9%, and

GAIN Capital Holdings



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NYSE Euronext, through its subsidiaries, operates securities exchanges. It operates various stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE Arca, Inc., and NYSE Amex LLC in the United States; and five European-based exchanges that comprise Euronext N.V. NYSE Euronext has a market cap of $5.68 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 10.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate NYSE Euronext a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

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