Tokyo Stock Exchange: Temporary Suspension Of Evening Session For Futures And Options Trading On March 20th.

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has decided that TSE will integrate its derivatives market to that of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.(OSE) on March 24th, 2014.

TSE will temporarily suspend evening session for JGB Futures, Options on JGB Futures, Index Futures and Index Options contracts on March 20th (the previous business day of market integration) as follows.

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION

Products

JGB futures
Options on JGB futures
Index futures
Index options

*Night session of OSE will be available(same as usual).
(e.g. Nikkei 225 Futures ,Nikkei 225 Options etc. are available in Night session on March 20th.)

Suspension Date and Time

Evening Session on March 20th.

*Currently, TSE provides evening session as follows.

JGB futures and Options on JGB futures	Auction	15:30 - 23:30(Futures) 15:30 - 23:25(Options)
	ToSTNeT(Off-Auction)	15:25 - 23:30(Futures&Options)
Index futures and Index options	Auction	16:30 - 23:30(Futures) 16:30 - 23:25(Options)
	ToSTNeT(Off-Auction)	16:20 - 23:30(Futures&Options)