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The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Friday were: National Bank of Greece SA, Chesapeake Granite Wash, W.W. Grainger, Beazer Homes USA, Health Management Associates and Imperial Holdings. The top after market NYSE Losers were: Inphi Corp, Spartech Corp, Aeroflex Holding Corp, K-V Pharmaceutical, A.H. Belo Corp and Talbots.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Thursday were: CoreLogic, Marathon Petroleum, Cloud Peak Energy, HDFC Bank, Alcatel Lucent, InterXion Holding, International Business Machines and Sealed Air Corp.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers on Tuesday were: Overseas Shipholding Group, Bank of New York Mellon, Heckmann Corp, Hovnanian Enterprises, Analog Devices, Barnes & Noble, Nexen, Fairchild Semiconductor International, Louisiana-Pacific Corp and Boyd Gaming Corp.

Top executives at Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext sent a letter to European Commissioners emphasizing the European nature of a combined company, in a bid to salvage their deal after antitrust regulators threatened to block it.

Top executives at Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext sent a letter to European Commissioners emphasizing the European nature of a combined company, in a bid to salvage their deal after antitrust regulators threatened to block it.

European Union regulators have preliminarily rejected the proposed $17 billion tie-up of NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse (DBOEF), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a senior European Union official.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: China New Borun Corp, Synnex Corp, Hospitality Properites Trust, Choice Hotels International, Bank of Ireland, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co, Boise Inc, FelCor Lodging Trust and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Friday were: SunCoke Energy, Schawk, Mobile TeleSystems, Greenhill & Co, National Fuel Gas, HollyFrontier Corp, USG Corp, Computer Sciences, Talbots and iSoftStone Holdings.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: ITT Educational Services, IntercontinentalExchange, Kid Brands, Assured Guaranty, Ralph Lauren Corp, DigitalGlobe, Barnes & Noble, AT&T, Lennar Corp and MBIA.

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have extended the deadline for completion of their planned merger to March 31 next year as they seek to convince European regulators to back the $9 billion deal.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Thursday were: Asia Tigers Fund, Exterran Holdings, World Fuel Services, Bank of America, Office Depot, WPX Energy, McClatchy, EnergySolutions and Inergy Midstream.

The Justice Department on Thursday gave the green light for the merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse AG, which will create the world's largest stock exchange operator. The deal is still subject to the review of European antitrust authorities who have resisted approval.

Stocks were poised for their third straight advance on Thursday after economic data pointed to continued gradual improvement in the economy.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its third straight day of gains as investors looked to a batch of economic data for signs the economy will continue to slowly improve.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its third straight day of gains as investors awaited a batch of economic data for signs the economy was slowly improving.

The top aftermarket NYSE losers Wednesday were: Country Style Cooking, Laredo Petroleum Holdings, United Parcel Service, Mueller Water Products, Pacific Drilling, Arch Coal, Office Depot, Ion Geophysical, Enersys and PulteGroup, Inc.

The AT&T/T-Mobile is the third high-profile merger the U.S. Department of Justice has successfully defeated in 2011.

Based on a preliminary vote count, 99 percent of shareholders of the Franklin, N.J.-based pharmacy benefit manager approved the merger.

The top aftermarket NYSE losers Tuesday were: Jabil Circuit, SAP AG, FelCor Lodging Trust, iSoftStone Holdings, TRC Companies, PVH Corp, Sealed Air Corp, Talisman Energy, Yingli Green Energy Holding and Frontline Ltd.

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have offered to cap fees on trading in their European derivatives contracts for three years in a last-ditch effort to get their $9 billion merger cleared in the European Union.

Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating on shares of RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR) to neutral from outperform following United Rentals Inc.'s (NYSE: URI) intention to buy RSC Holdings for $18 per share.