The NYSE Group Inc. announced the acquisition of trading technology via a transaction with MatchPoint Trading Inc., a financial services technology company specializing in call market trading and technologies.

MatchPoint’s trading technology will enhance the suite of crossing services provided by the NYSE in the first quarter of 2007. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“This acquisition gives the NYSE Group and its clients a strong platform for technological growth in benchmark trading,” said Mike Cormack, NYSE Group executive vice president. “This is a significant step toward our goal of offering customers the most comprehensive and all-encompassing set of trading technology solutions that meet their needs and exceed their expectations.”

“MatchPoint was created to champion next generation crossing opportunities for today’s evolving marketplace,” said Jim Ross, MatchPoint Trading founder and CEO, who will join the NYSE Group as vice president of crossing technology. “By bringing our innovative, point-in-time benchmark crossing services to the NYSE Group we can now offer the advantages of the MatchPoint engine to investors, issuers and market professionals around the world.”