LONDON (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext on Friday posted a 28-percent drop in third-quarter net income to $125 million, outperforming market expectations.
A Thomson Reuters IBES average consensus was for $119.8 million. The year-ago number was $174 million.
NYSE Euronext's earnings of $0.48 per diluted share were down from $0.66 from the same quarter in 2008.
Chief Executive Officer Duncan Niederauer said the bourse continued to see stabilization in its core businesses.
(Reporting by Daisy Ku)
