Advisory

NASDAQ Media Advisory

 
For Release: September 9, 2004
Media Contact:

Silvia Davi
646.441.5014

 

THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET SEPTEMBER 11th OBSERVANCE

Who: The NASDAQ Stock Market will be observing the events that took place on September 11, 2001.

What:

NASDAQ will ask market participants to refrain from trading activity between 11:00 a.m. and 11:01 a.m. on Friday, September 10th to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Also, throughout the day, NASDAQ will display on its Tower the American Flag, multiple images memorializing 9/11, and at 4:00 p.m. feature a special commemoration of the Tribute of Light in honor of the victims of September 11th.

On Saturday, September 11th at 8:30 a.m., The NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square will run the names of those who lost their lives, as well as the American Flag to pay further tribute to the fallen heroes of September 11th.

When:

Friday, September 10, 2004 – Saturday, September 11, 2004


Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite
4 Times Square (corner of 43rd and Broadway)
New York, NY 10036

 
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