** Shares of brokerage and financial technology firm BGC
Group BGC.O rise 3.7% to $7.29 in extended trading
** Announces approval for its FMX Futures Exchange from
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
** U.S. Treasury and Secured Overnight Financing Rate
futures will trade on FMX
** BGC to combine its Fenics UST cash Treasury platform with
FMX Futures Exchange - CEO Howard Lutnick
** Stock rose 91.5% in 2023
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))