Please be informed of the following upcoming public holidays:
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Dec 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
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30 Tue |
31 Wed |
1 Thu |
2 Fri |
3 Sat |
4 Sun |
5 Mon |
6 Tue |
7 Wed |
8 Thu |
9 Fri |
10 Sat |
11 Sun |
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Austria |
1 |
W |
W |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
H |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina - FBiH |
2 |
W |
W |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina - RS |
2 |
W |
W |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
H |
H |
H |
W |
H |
WE |
WE |
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Bulgaria |
3 |
W |
H |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Croatia |
4 |
W |
W |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
H |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Czech Republic |
5 |
W |
H |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Hungary |
6 |
W |
H |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
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Poland |
7 |
W |
W |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
H |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Romania |
8 |
W |
H |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Russia |
9 |
W |
W |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
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Serbia |
10 |
W |
W |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
H |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Slovak Republic |
11 |
W |
W |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
H |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Slovenia |
12 |
W |
W |
H |
W |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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Ukraine |
13 |
W |
W |
H |
H |
WE |
WE |
W |
W |
H |
W |
W |
WE |
WE |
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where W - working day, H - holiday, WE - weekend day
1) On 31 Dec all banks and the CSD will be open, only Vienna Stock Exchange will be closed. 1 Jan and 6 Jan are local holidays.
2) On 1 Jan, 2 Jan trading on Sarajevo Stock Exchange will not be possible. Between 1 Jan and 7 Jan and on 9 Jan trading on Banja Luka Stock Exchange will not be possible. However, on 5 Jan settlement within CSD in RS will occur and GSS staff will be available to suport client activities.
3) From 31 Dec to 2 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days.
4) 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). CSD and banks will be open on 31 Dec. On 1 Jan Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) will be closed for trading. On 6 Dec all banks, CSD and ZSE will be closed.
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). On 1 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days.
6) 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. The holiday of 2 Jan will have a substitute working day on Sat, 10 Jan with no stock exchange trading and clearing, however all banks and the CSD will be open on 10 Jan.
7) On 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will be closed, the CSD will have settlement batches available at 10:30 CET, 13:00 CET, 15:30 CET (FOP settlements only) and 18:30 CET (FOP settlemetns only). DVP settlement in the RTGS will be available between 8:00 CET and 15:00 CET, FOP settlement in the RTGS will be possible between 8:00 CET and 18:30 CET; OTC settlement only. 6 Jan will be public holiday in Poland.
8) 31 Dec is non-trading and non-settlement date with respect to the Central Depository and Bucharest Stock Exchange. On 31 Dec only trading in government bonds will be possible. The last trading day will be 30 Dec, all operations will resume on 5 Jan.
9) On 31 Dec Moscow Exchange (MOEX) will be closed, depository services of National Settlement Depository (CSD) will be available till 2:00pm (local time) as follows: Settlement between 9.00am and 2:00pm (local time); Clearing Batches: at 10:0am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm (local time); Other services: between 9:00am and 2:00pm (local time). On 31 Dec ZAO UniCredit Bank GSS will provide the clients with regular services from 9.00 till 4.30 pm (local time). From 1 Jan to 11 Jan 2015 will be New Year and Christmas holidays in Russia, however 5, 6 and 8, 9 January 2015 will be regular working days for CSD, MOEX and the Russian payment system. On 6, 9 January 2015 the following depository services will be provided to clients by ZAO UniCredit Bank GSS: Internal transfers within ZAO UniCredit Bank - FOP; OTC settlement within CSD – FOP and USD DVP; No MOEX trading service and RUB DVP settlement will be provided. The settlement through the registrars as well as external transactions through CSD shall be possible subject to operational schedule of the respective registrar. Also the settlement shall be possible subject to operating schedule of the counterparties’ custodians for the purpose of matching process.
10) On 31 December 2014 UniCredit Bank Serbia will be open from 9:00am to 2:00pm (CET). The following deadlines (CET) will apply on that day: Receipt and processing of settlement instructions – 12:00pm; Bank to bank transfers (MT 2XX) – 12:00pm; Commercial payments (MT103) – 11:00am; FX and other Treasury operations – 12:00pm. 1 Jan, 2 Jan and 7 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days.
11) 1 Jan and 6 Jan will be non-bank, non-trading and non-settlement days.
12) On 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will be closed, however UniCredit and KDD will work and process OTC settlement. 1 Jan will be non-bank, non-trading and non-settlement day.
13) 31 Dec and 5 Jan are working days, but only FD transactions will be possible till 15:00 (local time). Trading will be closed on 31 Dec and from 7 Jan to 11 Jan for UX, and from 5 Jan to 7 Jan for PFTS. An additional working day has been announced for Sat, 17 Jan.
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.