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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative (Details) £ in Millions, shares in Millions				1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on initial investment value								$ 0	$ 110,000,000	$ 0
Useful life								17 years 1 month 6 days
Goodwill				$ 12,216,000,000			$ 13,085,000,000	$ 13,342,000,000	13,085,000,000	$ 12,216,000,000
NYSE Governance Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) from divestiture of businesses		$ (6,000,000)
Interactive Data Managed Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) from divestiture of businesses			$ 0
CDS Clearing Subsidiaries \| Non-ICE Limited Partners
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of net profit sharing interest help								26.70%
MERSCORP Holdings, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity interests percentage	100.00%
Gain on initial investment value	$ 110,000,000						110,000,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired	100.00%
Gasunie
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired				21.00%						21.00%
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired				25.00%						25.00%
ICE Endex and ICE Clear Netherlands
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired				100.00%						100.00%
CDS Clearing Subsidiaries
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired												3.20%
Percentage of net profit sharing interest held				12.60%						12.60%
Bakkt
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, fair value							$ 183,000,000		$ 183,000,000
TRAYPORT
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired						100.00%					100.00%
Total purchase price						$ 620,000,000
Equity interests issued and issuable (in shares) \| shares						12.6
TMX Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price				$ 531,000,000
Payments to acquire businesses, gross				733,000,000	£ 550
Gain (loss) from divestiture of businesses				110,000,000
Net assets				607,000,000						$ 607,000,000
Foreign currency translation loss				76,000,000
Transaction costs				$ 16,000,000						$ 16,000,000
NGX and Shorcan Energy
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						$ 198,000,000					$ 198,000,000
Intangible assets, exchange registrations and licenses						140,000,000					140,000,000
Goodwill						123,000,000					123,000,000
NGX and Shorcan Energy \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						$ 53,000,000					$ 53,000,000
Useful life											20 years