President To Open New Year's First Stock Trading Session

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is scheduled to officially open the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI)'s first trading session of the new year  here on Monday, January 2, 2012.

"On January 2, 2012,  stock exchange trading will be officially kicked off by President SBY. According  to the calendar of Bank Indonesia (BI), the RTGS (Real Time Global Settlement) will already be open on January 2, 2012," BEI President Director Ito Warsito said here on Wednesday.

December 26, 2011 will be second Christmas holiday based on a joint decree by three ministers.(**)