IntercontinentalExchange's profit falls 8.4%

Ice's results were also weighed down by a jump in deal costs as the company lobbies for its proposed $9.4bn acquisition of rival NYSE Euronext

IntercontinentalExchange's first-quarter earnings fell 8.4% as a decline in trading fees chipped into revenue.

The Atlanta-based commodities-exchange operator reported an 8% decline in revenue from its energy products, citing a slump in natural-gas trading that outweighed higher revenue from crude-oil futures.

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