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XOM Dec 2025 85.000 put
| Previous close | 2.5800 |
| Open | 2.5800 |
| Bid | 2.6100 |
| Ask | 2.8900 |
| Strike | 85.00 |
| Expiry date | 2025-12-19 |
| Day's range | 2.5800 - 2.5800 |
| Contract range | N/A |
| Volume | |
| Open interest | 316 |
- Reuters
REFILE-UPDATE 2-US FTC signals Exxon deal approval, bars executive from board seat
The Federal Trade Commission signaled on Thursday it was prepared to green light Exxon Mobil's $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources on the condition Pioneer's former CEO will not be allowed to join Exxon's board. The FTC's consent order prevents former Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield from taking an offered seat on Exxon Mobil's board of directors to resolve antitrust concerns about Exxon's bid to buy the top shale oil producer.
ReutersUS FTC signals Exxon deal approval, bars executive from board seat
The Federal Trade Commission signaled on Thursday it was prepared to green light Exxon Mobil's $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources on the condition Pioneer's former CEO will not be allowed to join Exxon's board. The FTC's consent order prevents former Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield from taking an offered seat on Exxon Mobil's board of directors to resolve antitrust concerns about Exxon's bid to buy the top shale oil producer.
- Reuters SG
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
** An international bidding war has deepened for Australia's Namoi Cotton with Singapore's Olam Agri Holdings lobbing an A$136.6 million ($89.13 million) takeover offer that trumps a Dutch-led bid made this week. ** Raiffeisen Bank International's (RBI) acquisition of a stake in construction firm Strabag linked to a Russian tycoon remains under careful assessment for any compliance risk, the biggest Western bank in Russia said. ** Britain's Co-Op Bank said talks for its takeover by Coventry Building Society were "well advanced" and its multi-year revamp was now materially complete, after reporting first quarter financial performance in line with expectations.
