To: Cynic 2005 who wrote (1690 ) 1/28/1998 9:14:00 PM From: Tommaso Respond to of 9980
In case anyone is mixed up (as I was) about which markets were open: Please excuse formatting problems: SINGAPORE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Financial markets in many Asian countries are closed for part or all of this week due to the Chinese Lunar New Year, Moslem Eid al-Fitr festivals or other holidays. The following is a list of trading days in Asian markets over the next week: * Markets in Japan and the Philippines will trade as usual * Taiwan's stock market was closed on Monday. The foreign exchange and money markets remained open for their final day of pre-holiday trading. Government offices will be closed from Tuesday. All Taiwan markets will resume trading on February 2. * Singapore's stock and commodity exchanges will close from midday on Tuesday and remain closed through the rest of the week. SIMEX will trade currency and Nikkei as usual. * All Indonesian financial markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday, January 29 and 30. * South Korean financial markets will close on Tuesday, January 27. Trading will resume January 30. * Malaysian stock markets will close on Tuesday but debt and foreign exchange markets will have one more day of pre-holiday trading, closing on Wednesday, January 28. All Malaysian financial markets will reopen on Tuesday, February 3. * The Hong Kong stock market will close after a half day session on Tuesday, at 12:30. The Hong Kong gold market will be closed Tuesday through Friday. The Hong Kong debt and forex markets will trade as usual on Tuesday and close for the New Year on Wednesday. All Hong Kong markets will reopen on Monday, February 2. * The Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange were closed on Monday. Both markets will be closed for two weeks for the holidays and trading will resume on February 9. The Shanghai Metal Exchange was also closed on Monday for the new year holidays. Trading will resume on February 4. * Australian financial markets were closed on Monday for Australia Day. Markets will resume trading on Tuesday. *In New Zealand, Auckland businesses and banks were closed on Monday for Auckland Anniversary Day. New Zealand markets will close on Friday, February 6 to mark Waitangi Day. * India's stock exchanges, banks and government were closed on Monday for Republic Day. The exchanges, banks and government will also close on Friday, January 30 for a Moslem festival. * In Bangladesh stock and forex markets will close on Tuesday, January 27. The markets will also be closed January 29, 30 and 31 for the Eid al-Fitr festival. * Sri Lanka's foreign exchange market will be closed on Friday, January 30. * Pakistan markets were closed on Monday the 27th day of Ramadan marking the first revelation of the Koran. * Vietnam markets will be closed from Tuesday, January 27 through January 29. Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service c 1997