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        <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990921/od/yucca_1.html>

        Yucca Plant Branches Out Into Stock Market

        STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A yucca plant is the latest investor on
        the Stockholm stock exchange, issuing buy and sell orders on the
        exchange's 16 most traded shares.

        Swedish artist Ola Pehrson has attached electrodes to the
        plant's leaves and, through a sensor, can feel the plant's
        growth with movements linked to a computer program tracking the
        16 most active stocks.

        When the yucca's stock recommendations perform better than the
        bourse's general index, it is given water and light.

        If the plant fails to deliver profits, it stays dry and in the
        dark.

        The yucca is part of an exhibition by seven Swedish artists in
        Stockholm.



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