11.   The stock exchange said trading of the three companies will resume on Monday with restrictions.

12.   A Nasdaq spokesman said trading had been halted after the opening bell pending news, but declined to be more specific.

13.   Amagulu said that trade with Malaysia is negligible at present because the traditional markets for Namibia are European countries.

14.   Broker Munther al-Fattal says trading picked up, especially in industrial companies, after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan brokered a compromise on weapons inspections last month.

15.   But a Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank dealer said trading turned slow at late morning because of three-day market holidays in London and New York.

16.   He also said trading in futures and options contracts outside the Russian Federation would help boost foreign capital investments and allow foreign investors to better manage foreign exchange risks.

17.   In currency dealings, the dollar carried over its overnight strength against the yen, but traders said trading remained light for a lack of news.

18.   Managing director Nauman Ahmad said trading was halted as carry-over transactions failed to settle.

19.   Masaru Fukushima of Citibank in Tokyo said trading remained volatile and added that dollar selling could resume at anytime.

20.   Spokeswoman Lynne Howard said trading would resume simultaneously with New York.