As announced yesterday, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) augmented the processing capacity of the current clearing system (increase of the current processing capacity from 4.5 million executions to 5 million) and completed performance confirmation testing. With this, starting from today, TSE changes the limits with regard to trading suspension of equities, convertible bonds (CBs), and exchange bonds in the event there is a sharp increase in the number of executions.
(Limits with Regard to Trading Suspension)
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Previous (until January 20)
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New (beginning January 23)
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1)Orders |
8.5 million
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8.5 million (no change)
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2)Executions |
4 million
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4.5 million
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Note: Should the number of either 1) or 2) above exceed the limit, after issuing a notification TSE will suspend trading on all equity, CB, and exchange bond issues
We sincerely apologize to all investors and concerned parties for the inconvenience caused due to these measures, and ask for your continued kind cooperation.
Taizo Nishimuro
Chairman and CEO
Tokyo Stock Exchange
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