Thursday February 5 2015

News Source: Global Exchanges

Focus: Holidays and Opening Hours and suspensions

Type: General




The following are the trading hours for 18th February 2015 Ash Wednesday.

Regular hours

  • From 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. – order cancelation.
  • From 12:45 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – pre-opening.
  • From 1:00 p.m. to 4:55 p.m. – trading.
  • From 4:50 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. – closing call for BOVESPA Index options and for options on the IBrX-50 Index.
  • From 4:55 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – closing call for all of the securities traded on the cash and odd lots market.
  • From 4:55 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. – closing call for all option series and ETF units.

After-market

  • From 5.25 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – order cancellation.
  • From 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – trading.

Blocking/exercise on the equity options market and options on ETF units market

  • From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – exercise of the holder position.
  • From 1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. – blocking.

Blocking/exercise on the equity index options market for series not expiring on February 18

  • From 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – exercise of the holder position.
  • From 1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. – blocking.

For BOVESPA Index option series expiring on February 18:

  • There will be no trading.
  • After 5:00 p.m. – automatic exercise of the expiring holder positions where:
  • call option: the settlement index is higher than the strike price.
  • put option: the settlement index is lower than the strike price.

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