Swiss tax

A Swiss tax deal with the US, crucial to the future of Swiss bank UBS, moved closer to legislative sign-off yes terday after the lower house of parliament backed the deal.

China’s hold

China’s holdings of US Treasury securities rose by $5 billion to $900.2 billion in April, the Treasury Depart ment said yesterday. Total foreign holdings rose by $72.8 billion to $3.96 trillion.

CBOE IPO

CBOE Holdings climbed $3.49 to close at $32.49 — 12 percent higher than Monday’s pricing — on the Nasdaq after its debut as a public company with an initial public offering. CBOE raised $339 million selling 11.7 million shares at $29 each yesterday after of fering them at $27 to $29, an SEC filing showed.

Supporters

About 110 retired Gold man Sachs partners met with CEO Lloyd Blank fein yesterday, who as sured them that clients were sticking with the beleaguered Wall Street firm. In April, the SEC charged Goldman and a trader with fraud and misleading investors about the details of a mortgage securities deal called Abacus 2007-AC1.