Tokyo Financial Exchange Extends The Evening Session For All Interest Rate Etc. Financial Futures Contracts Temporarily On 9 March 2006

On 9 March 2006, a decision announcement of monetary policy meeting of Bank of Japan and press conference of the governor are scheduled.

TFX decided to temporarily extend trading hours of the day for all Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts in accordance with Article 5.4 of Trading Regulations and Article 6.4 of Special Provisions for Trading Regulations and Financial Futures Brokering Terms for Options to provide full trading opportunity to market participants.

Extended Trading Hours

Evening Session : 15:30 (JST) - 20:00 (JST) (usual 15:30 - 18:00)