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CME Group is preliminary talks to buy energy/precious metals market Nymex, CME announced Monday, in a statement.

Under terms being discussed, CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME), the world's largest derivatives exchange, would pay Nymex Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX) $36 per share in cash and 0.123 of a CME common share, which would value the deal at about $11 billion, Reuters reported Monday.

Nymex shares rose $9.01 to $116.17 on the news, while CME's shares fell $12.77 to $616.01 in Monday afternoon trading.

CME Group was created in July 2007 via the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade in a $9.3-billion deal. Nymex, which is short for the New York Mercantile Exchange, went public in November 2006.

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