Bucharest Stock Exchange To Extend The Trading Hours

UniCredit Bank S.A.
Summary: 
Starting from 21 May 2015, Bucharest Stock Exchange will extend its trading program.
Fri, 08/05/2015

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has announced that, starting from 21 May 2015, the trading program for shares, ETF and fund units markets will be extended by 30 minutes, until 18:30 local time (CET+1). The new trading hours for these financial instruments will be as follows:

Regular Market (continuous trading model):
9:30 – 9:45 Pre-open
9:45 Opening
9:45 – 18:15 Continuous Trading (Open)
18:15 – 18:20 Pre-closed
18:20 Closing
18:20 – 18:30 Trading at last
18:30 Closed

Regular Market (auction trading model – applied for shares):
9:30 – 12:30 Pre-open
12:30 Opening
12:30 – 13:00 Trading at last
13:00 – 18:20 Pre-closed
18:20 Closing
18:20 – 18:30 Trading at last
18:30 Closed

Deal Market:
9:45 – 18:30 Continuous Trading (Open)
18:30 Closed

Impact on investors: To align its trading hours with other European stock exchanges BVB extends the trading program by 30 minutes.