Trading on the Icelandic stock exchange resumed today with the blue chip index plunging 76 per cent.
Trading in six financial stocks - Kaupthing, Landsbanki, Glitnir, Straumur-Burdaras, Reykjavik Savings Bank (SPRON) and Exista - remained suspended.
Iceland last week took control of the operations of Kaupthing, Landsbanki and Glitnir. The entire stock market had been suspended since Thursday.