NYSE Euronext reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by rising acquisition-related expenses.

Some analysts said they were disappointed by the expenses from a flurry this year of smaller-scale purchases intended to stem a loss of market share that continued into the latest quarter.

It has been awhile since I posted an article on NYSE. I have been touting this stock since it was trading as Archipelago Holdings (AX). The stock has been beaten up pretty bad over the last several months (-20%), leading to a trailing 52 week performance of these shares of -28%.

Interesting day today for NYSE Euronext. They are down another 2% today. The reason it is so interesting to me is that they just announced that 2007 trading volume rose across all its major platforms.