La Bolsa Publica de Valores Bicentenaria will commence operations from next week, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Venezuelan state-run securities exchange will have two companies that never had access to the Caracas Stock Exchange make offerings on the new bourse. The names of the companies being listed on the exchange were not disclosed. Venezuelan lender, Banco del Tesoro, has been appointed to serve as an intermediary institution for the exchange.

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