Recent acquisitions help boost Nasdaq earnings

(Reuters) - Transatlantic exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group Inc on Wednesday reported a higher fourth-quarter profit, helped by increased revenue from recent acquisitions. Net income attributable to Nasdaq totaled $141 million, or 81 cents per share, up from $85 million, or 50 cents per share, a year earlier. Not including one-time items, the New York-based company earned 69 cents per share, topping the consensus of analysts by 2 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Revenue rose 23 percent to $520 million. Nasdaq last year closed a $390 million deal to buy Thomson Reuters Corp's investor relations, public relations and multimedia services businesses. It also financed a $750 million deal to buy eSpeed, the electronic Treasuries-trading platform, from BGC Partners Inc , giving it a foothold in fixed income. Market services revenues, which include derivatives, cash equities, fixed income and access and broker services, rose 9 percent to $204 million. Technology solutions revenues, which include corporate solutions and market technology, rose 89 percent to $149, helped by the Thomson Reuters deal. Information services revenues, which include market data and index licensing and services, rose 10 percent to $109 million. Listing services revenues were up 2 percent to $58 million. (Reporting by John McCrank; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Sophie Hares)