“It is not the intention of the company to withdraw from the stock exchange,” says Jon Ingi Herbertsson, the information officer for Marel, the Iceland-based food processing technology company. Read the full story

Jon Sigurdsson, president of Icelandic prosthetics company Ossur, had the honour of ringing the bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange on Wall Street in New York to mark the end of trading yesterday evening. Read the full story

The Icelandic stock exchange is having a mixed first day of trading after its suspension.

Some news websites are reporting a 75% plunge in its value upon reopening this morning; but that fails to take into account that not all the listed companies are yet trading. The true level of the Iceland Stock Exchange will not be known until all companies begin trading again.

At the present moment, four companies have lost value between 0.2 and 15 percent, and three companies have gained by 2 to 8 percent.

The NASDAQ OMX website recorded a 1.9 percent drop overall an hour and a quarter into trading.

The NASDAQ OMX I-15 stock exchange in Reykjavik has reported that it will be open for business today. The last trading on the exchange was on Wednesday, RUV.is reports.

It will not yet be possible to trade shares in Exista, Glitnir, Read the full story

The NASDAQ OMX  I-15 stock exchange in Reykjavik has announced this morning that it will not be opening today.

Due to the highly unusual world market conditions, the exchange has been closed since Thursday and was due to open again today.

The latest information is that stock trading in Iceland will recommence tomorrow, RUV.is reports.