NCR -6.5%; buyout effort reportedly set to end

• The NY Post reports Thoma Bravo has ended its efforts to acquire NCR, and that the company is now "expected to pull the plug on the auction altogether."
• The P-E firm reportedly wasn't "offering much more than the current trading price." Carlyle and Blackstone are said to have previously lost interest.
• NCR has fallen to $28.40 premarket. Shares rose yesterday following the company's mixed Q2 results and full-year free cash flow guidance hike.