Christmas / New Year Holiday Reminder

Summary: 
UniCredit GSS presents a reminder of the upcoming holidays / non-working days in its core markets across Central and Eastern Europe for the 2013 Christmas and New Year period.
Mon, 16/12/2013
 

 

 

Dec 2013

Jan 2014

 

 

 

23
Mon

24
Tue

25
Wed

26
Thu 

 27
Fri

28
Sat

29
Sun 

30
Mon

31
Tue

1
Wed

2
Thu 

 3
Fri

 

 

 

TARGET2

 

 

 

W

W

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Austria

1

 

 

W

H

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

H

H

W

W

 

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina - FBiH

2

 

 

W

W

H

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

W

 

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina - RS

2

 

 

W

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

W

 

 

Bulgaria

3

 

 

H

H

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

H

H

W

W

 

 

Croatia

4

 

 

W

W

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Czech Republic

5

 

 

W

H

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Hungary

6

 

 

W

H

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Poland

7

 

 

W

W

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Romania

8

 

 

W

H

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

H

H

H

W

 

 

Russia

 

 

 

W

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

H

 

 

Serbia

9

 

 

W

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

W

 

 

Slovak Republic

10

 

 

W

H

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Slovenia

11

 

 

W

W

H

H

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

 

W

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

H

W

W

where W - working day, H - holiday, WE - weekend day

1) 24 Dec is local holiday, OTC transactions instructed STP will settle with cash bookings done on the next business day with good value. On 31 Dec OTC settlement only will be possible.

2) On 25 Dec and from 1 Jan to 3 Jan trading on Sarajevo Stock Exchange will not be possible. Between 1 Jan and 9 Jan trading on Banja Luka Stock Exchange will not be possible.

3) 23 Dec and 31 Dec will be non-trading and non-settlement days.

4) On 24 Dec only Zagreb Stock Exchange will be closed for trading. On 31 Dec there will be early closing with shorter trading hours on Zagreb Stock Exchange (between 9:00 CET and 13:00 CET only).

5) On 31 Dec Prague Stock Exchange will be closed and thus trading will not be possible. CDCP will have limited operating hours and settlement will be available with limitations, namely: settlement against payment remains unchanged while settlement free of payment in the afternoon settlement cycle will commence at 14:00 CET (as compared to the standard market deadline of 16:30 CET for such kinds of transactions).

6) The holiday of 27 Dec will have a substitute working day on Sat, 21 Dec with no stock exchange trading and clearing, however OTC settlement and cash payments will be processed by the banks and the CSD. On 31 Dec there will be no stock exchange trading and clearing, however OTC settlement and cash payments will be processed by the banks and the CSD.

7) On 24 Dec and 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will be closed, the CSD will have settlement batches available at 10:30 CET and 13:00 CET (with no settlement batches at 15:30 CET and 18:30 CET), the RTGS will be available between 8:00 CET and 15:00 CET, OTC settlement only.

8) 24 Dec and 31 Dec are non-business, non-trading and non-settlement dates with respect to the Central Depository and Bucharest Stock Exchange.

9) On 31 Dec there will be early closing.

10) On 24 Dec free of payment transactions will be applicable only to clearing and settlement of OTC trades in the clearing and settlement system and for electronic placement of requests for services to the registry of securities at CSD.

11) On 24 Dec and 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will not work and there will be early market closing.

 

Impact on Investors: Each of the above holidays / non-working days / additional working days will impact on an investor's ability to perform trading, settlement and cash payment activities in the respective markets.