11.   Weyer collapsed before the exchange opened.

12.   When the new exchange opened last year the board was made right, Chinese-style.

13.   A Nymex spokeswoman said the exchange will open an hour late Tuesday because of possible transportation delays in and around New York.

14.   Even as the exchange itself opened, the lack of power and phone service kept buildings just a block away dark and empty.

15.   The exchange opened Saturday and Sunday, but then closed for the Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the Muslim month of fasting.

16.   The exchange opened Saturday through Monday because of a two-day holiday.

17.   Foreign experts here consider it unlikely that the exchange will open before the turn of the century.

18.   A cereal and oil exchange will open for business in Pudong in October while the Shanghai Stock Exchange building was scheduled for completion next May.

19.   At the request of Hutchison, Hongkong Electric, Cheung Kong and CKI, securities in all four companies were suspended prior to the Hong Kong exchange opening Monday.

20.   The Karachi Stock exchange opened in the morning but closed an hour earlier due to limited trading.