This Week’s Holidays

Banking and government offices will be closed in the following countries and their dependencies this week because of national and religious holidays:

* Monday: Turkey

* Tuesday: Armenia, Belarus, Niger

* Wednesday: Australia, Cook Islands, Egypt, Faeroe Islands, Israel, Italy, Macao, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Portugal, Swaziland, Tonga, Western Samoa

* Thursday: Israel

* Friday: Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Togo, Virgin Islands, Yugoslavia

* Saturday: Afghanistan, Barbados, Pitcairn Island, Tanzania

* Sunday: Malaysia

Source: Thomson Financial Publishing