IPOs

Intercontinental Exchange Inc on Thursday reported higher second-quarter earnings as the exchange and clearing house operator worked to integrate its $11 billion purchase of the New York Stock Exchange's parent company.

Shares of Mobileye are soaring on the Israeli car technology company's first day of public trading amid strong investor demand.

Virgin America's next destination is Wall Street.

Shares of El Pollo Loco rose as much as 32% in their market debut as investors tucked into the offering, betting on the growing popularity of the restaurant chain's fire-grilled chicken.

Chinese pork giant WH Group is taking a second run at going public with a scaled-back share offering after abandoning its first IPO attempt because of sagging investor demand.

A judge says thousands of onetime investors in the Empire State Building can't sue over their claims they were shortchanged by the deal that turned the iconic skyscraper into a public stock.

Kindred Healthcare is offering more cash for shares of Gentiva Health Services Inc., but it now aims to acquire just a slice of the home health and hospice care provider instead of the whole company.

Alibaba is not the only Chinese IPO on the horizon. Data analytics platform Cheetah Mobile and online travel company, Tuniu, are both going public this week. Next week Jumei, China’s top online retailer of beauty products, plans to list in the U.S.

Financial-services company Markit has filed for an estimated $750 million U.S. IPO.