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SGX To Trade All ETFs When US Stock Market Re-Opens. Nikkei Normal Opening Hours On Monday

Date 15/09/2001

Exchange Traded Funds - SGX will resume trading of its four US-based ETFs on Tuesday 18 September (Singapore time) pending the US stock market re-opening on Monday 17 September (New York time). These four ETFs are S&P 500 SPDRs®, DJIA DIAMONDS, iSharesSM S&P 500 Index Fund, and iSharesSM Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector Index Fund. The other ETF - iSharesSM MSCI Singapore Index Fund - has already been trading since Thursday 13 September.

Nikkei 225 and 300 Futures & Options - On Monday 17 September, SGX Nikkei 225 and 300 contracts will open at normal hours, ie. 0755 hrs and 0800 hrs respectively, in line with the normal opening hours of the Tokyo stock market.