Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Citic Pacific Ltd. , which predicted a loss of HK$15.5 billion ($2 billion) from unauthorized currency bets, halted trading of its shares in Hong Kong pending an announcement.
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Tokyo, Oct 30, 2008 (Jiji Press) - All five major Japanese online brokers incurred steep revenue falls in April-September as many individual investors held back from stock trading due to the global financial crisis.

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MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s MICEX exchange said it was suspending stock trading for one hour from 1335 local time (1035 GMT) on Thursday due to the sharpness of the market rally.

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MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s RTS exchange said it was suspending stock trading for one hour from 1405 local time (1105 GMT) on Thursday due to the sharpness of the market rally. At the time of the stoppage, the benchmark RTS index was up 12.2 percent. Russia’s other exchange, the MICEX, halted stock trade for an hour from 1035 GMT.

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