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Exclusive - S P, Markit finalists for $1 billion-plus Barclays index unit: sources

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NEW YORKTue Sep 9, 2014 5:03pm BST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Index provider Standard & Poor's and financial information services provider Markit Ltd (MRKT.O) have emerged as final bidders for Barclays Plc's (BARC.L) index business, which could fetch more than $1 billion (£621.5 million), according to people familiar...