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NEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange said Friday it will close on Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning to mark the funeral of President Gerald R.

The NYSE joined the Nasdaq Stock Market, which made a similar announcement on Thursday. It had been expected that the stock exchanges would close out of respect for the 38th president.

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Financial markets have traditionally closed for presidential funerals, the last time being the burial of President Ronald Reagan in June Wall Street's closing on the day of a national funeral dates back to the burial of President Ulysses S.

There was some speculation the exchanges, uneasy about closing for four straight days including the weekend, would try to have at least some stock trading on Tuesday. The last time Wall Street was closed this long was following the Sept. One of the concerns is that U.

Piper Jaffray Analyst Joshua Elving, who covers the NYSE and Nasdaq, said the closing would have minimal impact on the exchanges themselves. Deutsche Bank North America analyst Scott Appleby said, "Companies often provide the events on which to trade upon.

I think they will also be cognizant of the day and you aren't going to see the same information flow that normally spurs trading activity.

This would be the seventh time in the history of the New York Stock Exchange that markets were closed for four or more consecutive days, including weekends. The New York Mercantile Exchange said it willl close its trading floor, but electronic trading would be open.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said it will close commodities and equity markets all day, but will open until noon for foreign exchange and interest rates on both its trading floor and electronic trading system. The CME will reopen electronic trading at 3: Tuesday for Wednesday trades.

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Trading at the Chicago Board of Trade will be closed except for the Treasury market, because of a regularly scheduled bond auction that will keep the market open until noon. Certain electronic markets will open Monday evening and Tuesday evening but will close during regular business hours Tuesday. The NYSE, Nasdaq and New York Mercantile Exchange all observed moments of silence Wednesday in memory of Ford.

Traders at the NYSE and NYMEX stood in silence on the trading floors for two minutes.

Stock Markets to Close for Ford Funeral. Bond markets were expected to have a shortened day, closing at 2 p.

Ford died at his Rancho Mirage, Calif.