Chinese New Year 2012

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Please note there are a number of changes to our office hours and market trading schedule over Chinese New Year.

Office hours

Phone dealing is available on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 January until 17:15. Normal phone dealing hours of 08:15 – 00:30 resume on Wednesday 25 January.

Changes to market trading hours

Please see below a day-by-day indication of the markets affected by the Chinese New Year holidays:

Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 January

  • Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysian shares trading is closed.
  • We will make out-of-hours prices available on the Singapore Blue Chip and Hong Kong HS42.
  • China A50, Taiwan Index and Korea 200 are closed.

Wednesday 25 January

  • Hong Kong shares trading is closed.
  • We will make an out-of-hours price on the Hong Kong HS42.
  • China A50 and Taiwan Index are closed.

Thursday 26 and Friday 27 January

  • Taiwan Index is closed.

FX trading remains unchanged throughout the holiday period.

We have tried to make this information as accurate as possible, but it is intended for guidance only and is subject to change. Please see our Contract Details for information on out of hours trading, and please contact our Helpdesk should you have any queries.

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