By Ian Walker

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said Monday that it is considering whether the acquisition by Google LLC of Looker Data Sciences Inc. will lessen competition in any U.K. market.

The regulator is therefore inviting comments from interested parties ahead of a final decision on whether to allow the deal to proceed on its current terms. Parties have until Dec. 20 to make any comments.

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), agreed in June to pay $2.6 billion for Looker, a maker of business-intelligence and data-analytics software, to bolster its cloud business.

Write to Ian Walker at ian.walker@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 02, 2019 02:31 ET (07:31 GMT)

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