LSE outbid Markit, a financial-information firm, to clinch the deal, making up for a failed merger with TMX, a Canadian bourse, earlier this year.

伦敦证券交易所以高价胜出一家名叫Markit的金融信息公司，最终成交。这弥补了其今年初未能成功与一家加拿大证券交易所TMX并购的遗憾。