NYSE Euronext has completed the acquisition of trading technology provider, NYFIX, NYSE Euronext reports. The $144-million all cash deal, carried out through NYSE Technologies, was valued at $1.675 per common share.

The NYFIX FIX business has become part of the offerings of NYSE Technologies as per the deal. NYFIX Euro Millennium operations will shut down as the customers will be shifted to SmartPool, a London-based multilateral trading facility created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with JPMorgan, HSBC and BNP Paribas, adds The Associated Press.

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