SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to assess forex rates at Asia close from Jan 2, 2019

Please note that S&P Global Platts will begin the assessment of certain key foreign exchange rates at the close of trading in Asia, and cease publication of foreign exchange rates sourced from the Development Bank of Singapore from January 2, 2019. By assessing these values using time-stamped spot market data, Platts will align its coverage of forex at the Asia close with forex assessments in the rest of the world.

These assessments, which are published in Asia Pacific Arab Gulfscan and on various real time alert services, will continue to reflect their existing timeline of 0830 GMT.

The currency pairs that will be assessed from January 2, 2019 are:

Pair Database code AUD-USD AAWFT00 EUR-USD AAWFU00 GBP-USD AAWFV00 JPY-USD AAWFX00 HKD-USD AAWFY00 MYR-USD AAWGA00 SGD-USD AAWFZ00

The affected real-time alert pages are Platts Global Alert page 2160, Petrochemicals Alert page 107, LNG Alert page 150, and Natural Gas Alert page 2160.

Please send all comments, feedback and questions to pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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