OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow Exchange has set the following trading schedule for its markets over the May public holiday period:

1-4 May and 9-11 May will be non-trading days on all Moscow Exchange markets.

On 29-30 April and 5-8 May, markets will be open for trading, although the Exchange would like to note the following:

  • Trades in securities executed on 29 April, 30 April, 7 May or 8 May in the T+2 central order book will be settled on 5 May, 6 May, 12 May and 13 May, respectively;
  • Trades in FX and precious metals with settlement recorded for 4 May and 11 May will be settled on 5 May and 12 May, respectively;
  • The second part of CCP-cleared overnight repos concluded on 30 April and 8 May will be settled on 5 May and 23 May, respectively;
  • Derivatives will trade as usual.

The trading schedule over the holiday period is determined by Moscow Exchange as advised by user committees, i.e. in the event of two or more Russian holiday days falling on business days on UK and US exchanges, the Exchange should open all markets on each of these days. This does not apply to 1 and 7 January, 23 February, 8 March, 1 and 9 May, 12 June, and 4 November.