Tokyo Stock Exchange Approves Listing Of SPDR® Gold Shares

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has today approved the listing of the SPDR® Gold Shares. This ETF is managed by World Gold Trust Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the World Gold Council (WGC). The WGC is a non-profit organization established in 1987?by major gold mining companies, it’s objective is to increase the demand for gold. Scheduled to be listed on Monday, June 30, 2008, this will be the very first ETF tracking commodity prices listed on the TSE.

For information on the SPDR® Gold Shares, please click here:

SPDR® Gold Shares

The SPDR® Gold Shares tracks the “London gold fixing,” a global standard, for gold prices. For more details, please click the following URLs.

Gold prices (World Gold Council)

Information on ETFs is available on the TSE websites below: