Swedish stock exchange operator OMX will attempt to overtake Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE), Croatia Today reports.

"We are closely cooperating with the stock exchange in Zagreb and will attempt a friendly takeover," said OMX President and CEO Hans-Ole Jochumsen.

OMX aims to engage regionally in southern and central Europe, claims Jochumsen.

This is why ZSE, together with Ljubljana and Warsaw stock exchanges, which also became acquisition targets of OMX, could become a part of another regional stock exchange, which is already operated by OMX in Scandinavia and Baltic countries.