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Trading On Bursa Malaysia Derivatives To Resume For The Afternoon Session

Date 08/09/2008

The opening of the derivatives market on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was delayed due to a technical problem detected this morning. The problem has been resolved and the trading timetable of the respective derivative products for the afternoon session remains unchanged as follows:

 Products  Pre-opening Time  Trading Time  Closing Time
 SSF/FKLI/OKLI  2:00pm
 2:30pm  5:15pm
 FKB3/ FMG3/ FMG5 / FMGA  2:00pm  2:30pm  5:00pm
 FUPO/FCPO  2:30pm  3:00pm
 6:00pm

Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Yusli Mohamed Yusoff said, “We encountered a system connectivity problem this morning between our derivatives trading engine and all the derivatives brokers’ trading front end systems. After resolving the connectivity problem, the exchange then undertook steps to ensure data integrity. Our system is now ready for trading in the afternoon session.”