Nasdaq shares fall as LSE battles bid
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Shares of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  fell 5.2 percent on Tuesday to their lowest levels in over a month after the London Stock Exchange  urged shareholders to reject a 2.7 billion pound ($5.27 billion) hostile bid from the largest U.S. electronic stock market.
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London equities tracked Wall Street sharply lower on Tuesday as growing concerns about the health of the US subprime lending sector harried the financials sector and resurrected fears of a wider slowdown.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is facing a possible bidding war after receiving its second takeover approach in a week. Paris-based rival Euronext made an approach just a week after the LSE said it had knocked
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Shares in the London Stock Exchange eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid failed.
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London equities fell in opening trade on Tuesday, with banking stocks in the vanguard of the decline after news of lower mortgage market share at HBOS and a warning of continued upward pressure on interest rates from the Bank of England.
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Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday and will need just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control of the bourse.
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The Nasdaq fell 1 percent on Monday and the S&P extended earlier losses, as nervous investors bet chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.  would lose to rival Broadcom Corp.  in several legal disputes.
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European equities fell in line with losses on Wall Street as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of weak demand.
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Frankfurt&#39;s stock market, the Deutsche Boerse, said Thursday it had declined to bid for a 31-percent stake in the London Stock Exchange being sold by the US high-tech market Nasdaq.
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The London Stock Exchange  may now seek alliances with other bourses, such as Tokyo, after the failure of Nasdaq Stock Market's  2.7-billion-pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid.
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London shares traded sharply lower on Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke&#39;s semi-annual testimony to Congress and Tate &amp; Lyle led FTSE fallers after posting flat profits.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. formally launched its hostile $5.3 billion takeover bid on Tuesday for the London Stock Exchange Group PLC, which promptly reiterated that the offer is too low and urged its shareholders to take no action on it.
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European equities fell on Thursday as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of weak demand.
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Stocks dropped on Monday, with the Nasdaq losing more than 1 percent, as worry about a possible recession hurt economically sensitive stocks like energy and financial shares.
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Stocks dropped on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq slumping more than 1 percent, as recession fears hurt manufacturing and consumer discretionary stocks and financial shares suffered further declines.
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The LSE pushes for closer ties in Japan, following a failed bid for the UK market by US rival Nasdaq.
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LONDON  -- Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.   suffered a resounding defeat in its hostile bid for the London  Stock Exchange  on Saturday, winning just 0.41 pct of  acceptances for its offer for Europe's largest share market.