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The London Stock Exchange today said it was focussing on its own business rather than taking part in a global shake-up of exchange owners.

Peter Randall, the former chief executive of the pioneering trading platform Chi-X Europe, is in the early stages of forming a private equity-led consortium to bid for the Euronext group of exchanges, according to two people familiar with the plans.

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by investment analysts at TheStreet in a note issued to investors on Friday, StockRatingsNetwork reports.

's stock had its "market perform" rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein in a research note issued on Thursday, ARN reports.

IntercontinentalExchange , a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2013.

IntercontinentalExchange issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.99 by $0.04, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Futures contracts for renewable fuel credits listed Monday on the IntercontinentalExchange, but no trades took place, according to a spokeswoman for the exchange.

IntercontinentalExchange said on Monday that it will reduce its electronic U.S. grain trading hours in response to customer feedback, following in the footsteps of arch-rival CME Group.