Discontinued Operations (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Discontinued Operations

Exit of Physical Base Metals Business

The Company completed its exit of the physical base metals business during the second fiscal quarter of 2014.Under existing accounting guidance, before the implementation of ASU 2014-08, the Company reclassified the physical base metals activities in the financial statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The physical base metals business was previously included in the Physical Commodities segment (see Note 19 – Segment Analysis). The Company continues to operate the portion of its base metals business related to non-physical assets, conducted primarily through the London Metals Exchange.

Summarized below are the components of the Company’s income (loss) from discontinued operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2015		2014			2015		2014
Total revenues from discontinued operations	$	—	$	11.6		$	—	$	40.9
Total cost of sales of physical commodities from discontinued operations	—		11.4			—		40.2
Operating revenues	$	—	$	0.2		$	—	$	0.7
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	$	—	$	(0.2	)	$	—	$	(0.1	)
Income tax benefit	—		—			—		—
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	—	$	(0.2	)	$	—	$	(0.1	)