AMD stock surged 3% on AMD's planned purchase of Xilinx being approved by UK's antitrust authority.Xilinx shares surged 2%.
- AMD's(NASDAQ:AMD) planned $35B acquisition of Xilinx(NASDAQ:XLNX)has been approved by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
- The approval was disclosed on the UK CMA's website.
- In May the UK's CMA said it started its inquiry into the proposed deal.
- Earlier this month, Xilinx gained after report that European antitrust reportedly has no issues with AMD deal. The provisional deadline for EU is June 30.
- The deal still is awaiting approval in China.
In January, the mandatory waiting period required for the FTC and Department of Justice to investigate deals for potential antitrust issues expired.
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