holiday week on Wednesday at 1,568.23 on a volume of 47,453 shares valued at $856,526 and bonds at $29,454.

The FT/BSX Indurance Index closed down 44.42 points or 4.63 percent.

Bermuda Computer Services gained 20 percent, or $2, to close at $12 on volume of just 200 shares. The Bank of Bermuda rose 75 cents to close at $36. Bermuda Telephone Co. Ltd. bonds fell $3.75 to $95.