Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX), FTSE Group (FTSE) and the Securities Association of Singapore (SAS) are pleased to announce today that the real-time values of the revamped Straits Times Index (STI) and FTSE ST Index Series will be displayed on the trading terminals of SAS members by 13 June 2008.
SAS and the index partners – SPH, SGX and FTSE – have reached an agreement that paves the way for the real-time values of the STI and FTSE ST Index Series to be sent to SAS members’ trading terminals and the Internet trading accounts of their retail investors.
Mr Lim Eng Hai, CEO of SAS, said, “We are pleased that discussions with the index partners have come to a workable conclusion that allows for the real-time indices to be displayed on our member firms’ trading terminals. This will help enhance the STI’s continuing relevance as a leading market barometer.”
