TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier on December 13

Trading hours for all contracts of the Exchange will start from 8:45 a.m. on December 13, 1999, responding to the BOJ (the Bank of Japan)'s announcement that the "Tankan" will be released at 8:50a.m. on this day. Trading Hours on December 13, 1999 are: 8:45 - 11:30, 12:30 - 15:30, 15:40 - 18:00. TIFFE extends the regular evening session to 8 p.m.(JST) when BOJ's Policy Board Decision, etc. which may significantly impact a financial market, and has not been announced by 5 p.m..