The following day, prices gapped lower so holding a trade overnight was not a good idea.

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"With the collapse of the Soviet Union Cuba was in a position where no-one thought it would survive -- they lost 80 percent of their trade overnight, " says Wendy Emmett of COSG.

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It took only a matter of months for the financial meltdown in 2008 to spread to the real economy, which prompted an overnight crash in international trade volumes, as production orders were terminated, shutting down operations throughout supply chains across the globe.

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The legalisation of trade in rhino would make overnight millionaires of these key figures in South Africa.

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But already businessmen in Hong Kong are warning that the passage of the trade bill won't lead to overnight changes.

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In other news overnight, the European Union on Thursday reported a record trade surplus in March.

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