Frans Timmermans, Minister of European Affairs for the Netherlands, joined by NYSE Euronext Chairman Jan-Michiel Hessels, NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer and Head of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam Joost van der Does, close the NYSE market and ring The Closing Bell® as part of NY400 week, celebrating 400 years of friendship between the Netherlands and the U.S. In honor of the occasion, Minister Timmermans will bang the Amsterdam market’s “gong,” shipped over from Europe for this occasion. The closing of the NYSE market by banging the “gong” of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam, a first, will be broadcast live to audiences worldwide to highlight the historic roots of NYSE Euronext.
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NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and the “Gong”
The Amsterdam stock exchange is the world's oldest exchange. Share trading began in 1602 when the Dutch East India Company had its shares listed on that market. Share trading subsequently spread from Amsterdam throughout the world.
The tradition of sounding a gong to mark the start of trading on the stock exchange goes back many centuries. In Amsterdam , the gong is sounded at 09:00am (CET) to mark the opening of every trading day, and again at 17:30pm (CET) to mark the end of the trading day. The exchange invites prominent Dutch and international guests to take part in the gong ceremony. Recent guests have included government ministers, state secretaries, captains of industry, famous sportsmen and women, television personalities, and representatives of charity organizations.
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