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- BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesMARKETSBuying Time
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- The peal of the 4 p.m. closing bell is one of the enduring
- symbols of Manhattan's New York Stock Exchange. Increasingly,
- it is also one of its most antiquated. Modern moneymaking is a
- 24-hour-a-day enterprise. Overseas exchanges, active when it is
- nighttime in New York City, are eating into the Big Board's
- business. More than 70 U.S. companies are traded on the Tokyo
- Stock Exchange, and close to 200 list their securities in
- London.
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- In a long anticipated response, Securities and Exchange
- Commission Chairman Richard Breeden last week announced the
- first step toward what may well become round-the-clock trading
- at the N.Y.S.E. -- an experimental two-year extension of trading
- hours beyond the 4 o'clock close. Starting June 13, individual
- investors will be able to buy and sell stocks up to 5 p.m. at
- 4 p.m. prices, while holders of multiple-stock portfolios --
- typically institutions -- will wheel and deal until 5:15. "The
- proposal before us may seem incremental," said Breeden, "but its
- effect will be felt around the world as a sign that U.S. markets
- are changing their habits to meet the needs of an increasingly
- globalized marketplace."
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