As EU Puts The Kybosh On LSEG/DBAG Merger, FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Increases By 6.5 Per Cent In Q1 2017 - Index Closed Up 1.4 Per Cent In March - Continues To Outperform FTSE All-World Index

On 29 March 2017, the day that the United Kingdom triggered Article 50, formally beginning the Brexit negotiations, the European Commission blocked the proposed merger between Deutsche Boerse AG and London Stock Exchange Group.