Why Is Intercontinental Exchange Stock Gaining Tuesday? - Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE)

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE) traded higher Tuesday after the New York Stock Exchange owner unveiled a strategic investment in Polymarket, the event-probability and prediction market platform.Intercontinental Exchange said it will commit up to $2 billion to Polymarket in a cash deal that implies an approximately $8 billion pre-investment valuation.The deal connects one of traditional finance’s largest market-infrastructure operators to a fast-growing venue where traders buy and sell outcomes tie ...