Please be advised on the below Public and Bridge holidays in Austria and the CEE region
1.Austria: 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking days in Austria. On 24.12.2018 UniCredit Bank Austria will be open with limited working hours, CSD and local payment system will be open. VSE will be closed
2.Bosnia and Herzegovina: 25.12.2018 - SASE closed, CSD in FBiH closed, normal working day in RS; 01.01.2019, 02.01.2019 - SASE, BLSE closed, no settlement (Both CSDs closed); 07.01.2019, 09.01.2019 - BLSE closed, no settlement in RS, normal working day in FBiH
3.Bulgaria: 24.12.2018, 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking days in Bulgaria
4.Croatia: 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking days in Croatia. On 24.12.2018 and 31.12.2018 ZABA will operate with limited working hours, CSD and local payment system will be open while ZSE will be closed
5.Czech Republic: 24.12.2018, 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Czech Republic. On 31.12.2018 all banks and the CSD will be open with limited working hours while PSE will be closed
6.Hungary: 24.12.2018, 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 31.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Hungary
7. Romania: 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019, 02.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Romania. On 24.12.2018 and 31.12.2018 BVB will operate with limited working hours (until 2.00pm)
8. Russia: From 31.12.2018 to 08.01.2019 – Holidays in Russia with the following exception 3 – 4 January 2019 and 08 January 2019 which are regular working days for CSD and MOEX with limitations set by CBR. AO UCB will be closed during New Year & Christmas holidays and will resume its activities on 9 January 2018. Saturday 29.12.2018 will be a working day: AO UCB, MOEX, CSD and CBR will be open
9. Serbia: 01.01.2019, 02.01.2019, 07.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Serbia
10.Slovak Republic: 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Slovakia. On 24.12.2018 all banks and NBS will be closed while CSD will be open with limited working hours and payment system will be open. On 31.12.2018 BSSE will be closed while Banks, CSD and payment system will be open
11.Slovenia: 25.12.2018, 26.12.2018, 01.01.2019 - non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking day in Slovenia; 02.01.2019 - Limited settlement (trades executed on Stock Exchange are not settled on such date), non-trading and non-banking day in Slovenia. LJSE and all banks will be closed on these days while CSD will be opened. Settlement is not possible as all banks and brokerage houses are closed. On 24.12.2018 all market participants will be open but LJSE will be closed
List of abbreviations:
BLSE – Banja Luka Stock Exchange (Republic of Srpska)
BSSE - Bratislava Stock Exchange
BVB – Bucharest Stock Exchange
CBR – Central Bank of Russia
CSD – Central Securities Depository
FBiH – Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
LJSE – Ljubljiana Stock Exchange
MOEX – Moscow Exchange
NBS – Bratislava Stock Exchange
PSE – Prague Stock Exchange
RS – Republic of Srpska
SASE – Sarajevo Stock Exchange (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
VSE – Vienna Stock Exchange
ZABA – Zagrebačka Bank d.d., UniCredit Group
ZSE – Zagreb Stock Exchange