TFEX News 1/2024
                                                                                
             January 12, 2024

TFEX extends trading hours for Currency Futures and Precious Metal Futures, 
effective from January 15

BANGKOK, January 12, 2023 - Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) will extend 
trading hours of night session for all currency products until 3.00 a.m., and
eliminate the intermission during day session for all precious metal products,
starting from January 15, 2024. This aims to enhance investor flexibility and to
 better align with global market movement.

TFEX Managing Director Rinjai Chakornpipat said that the new trading hours in 
night session for Currency Futures, consisting of USD Futures, EUR/USD Futures,
and USD/JPY Futures, will start from 18:50 until 3:00 hrs. of the next day. In
addition, the trading hours for the Precious Metal Futures, consisting of Gold
Online Futures, Gold Futures, Gold-D, and Silver Online Futures, during the day
session will also be extended to enable investors uninterrupted trading with no
intermission, starting from 9.45 - 16.55 hrs. The extended trading hours will
allow investors to better react to the situation and movement of currency and
gold prices in the global market in a timely manner. The new trading hours will
be effective on January 15, 2024 as follows:

Currency Futures: USD Futures, EUR/USD Futures, USD/JPY Futures,
Pre-open 9:15 - 9:45 hrs.
Morning Session 9:45 - 12:30 hrs.
Pre-Open 13:45 - 14:15 hrs.
Afternoon Session 14:15 - 16:55 hrs.
Pre-Open 18:45 - 18:50 hrs.
Night Session 18:50 - 3:00 hrs. (the next day)

Precious Metal Futures: Gold Online Futures, Gold Futures, Gold-D, Silver Online
 Futures
Pre-open 9:15 - 9:45 hrs.
Morning Session 9:45 - 16:55 hrs. (no intermission)
Pre-Open 18:45 - 18:50 hrs.
Night Session 18:50 - 3:00 hrs. (the next day)

The daily average trading volume of Currency Futures and Precious Metal Futures 
were at 47,044 contracts and 45,878 contracts respectively. Both were the active
products, accounting for the same at 9 percent of total trading volume. In
terms of growth, Currency Futures rose 11 percent year-on-year due to high
volatility and the products' higher popularity.

For more information, please visit www.TFEX.co.th or call + 66 (0) 2009 9999.
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