Holiday reminder

Summary: 
Upcoming holidays in Austria and CEE Region for December 2019
Fri, 29/11/2019

 


*7th, 14th December - Substitute working days in Hungary - Banks will operate with limited working hours, local payment system and the CSD are open while the Stock Exchange is closed.

Austria:
24th December. – Christmas Eve -  CSD and local payment system will be open. Banks and VSE will be closed. OTC transactions instructed STP will settle.
25-26th December – Christmas day, Christmas holiday - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve – Banks will operate with limited working hours, CSD and local payment system are open while Stock Exchange will be closed. OTC transaction will settle.

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
25th DecemberChristmas Day – Banks, local payment system and local FX market are open but Stock Exchange and CSD in Federation of BiH are closed on this day. Normal working day in RS.

Bulgaria:
24-26th December – Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas holiday – Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.

Croatia:
24th December – Christmas Eve – ZABA will operate with limited working hours, CSD and local payment system will be open while ZSE will be closed.
25-26th December – Christmas Day, Christmas holiday – Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve – ZABA will operate with limited working hours, CSD and local payment system will be open while ZSE will be closed.

Czech Republic:
24-26th December – Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas holiday – Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve – Banks and CSD will be open with limited working hours while PSE will be closed.

Hungary:
24-27th December – Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas holiday, Bridge holiday - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve - Banks, CSD and local payment system are open while Stock Exchange is closed.

Romania:
24th December – Christmas Eve - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Stock Exchange and CSD are closed. CSD will provide only settlement of transactions with EUR denominated financial instruments and FoP securities transfers on the T2S platform. Banks and the NBR acting as depository for Government bonds are opened.
25-26th December – Christmas Day, Christmas holiday - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Stock Exchange and CSD are closed. CSD will provide only settlement of transactions with EUR denominated financial instruments and FoP securities transfers on the T2S platform. Banks and the NBR acting as depository for Government bonds are opened.

Russia:
31st December – New Year’s Eve – AO UniCredit Bank will be open with limited working hours while MOEX will be closed. CSD’s working hours are not available yet. We will publish a Newsflash when the working hours becomes available.

Serbia:
31st December – New Year’s Eve –Stock Exchange, CSD and NBS will be open while UniCredit Bank Serbia will operate with limited working hours.

Slovakia:
24th December – Christmas Eve – Banks and Stock Exchange will be closed while local payment system will be open. CSD will be open for electronic orders only.
25-26th December – Christmas Day, Christmas holiday - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system are closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve- Non-trading and non-settlement day. Stock Exchange will be closed. Banks, CSD and payment system will be open, settlement of OTC transactions will be available.

Slovenia:
24th December – Christmas Eve - Non-trading day. Banks, CSD and local payment system will be open while Stock Exchange will be closed.
25-26th December – Christmas Day, Independence Day - Non-trading, non-settlement day. Banks, Stock Exchange, CSD and local payment system will be closed.
31st December – New Year’s Eve – Non-trading day. Banks, CSD and local payment system will be open while Stock Exchange will be closed.

List of abbreviations:
BiH – Bosnia and Herzegovina
CSD – Central Securities Depository
MOEX – Moscow Exchange
NBR - National Bank of Romania
NBS – National Bank of Slovakia
NBS - National Bank of Serbia
PSE – Prague Stock Exchange
RS – Republic of Srpska
VSE – Vienna Stock Exchange
ZABA  – Zagrebačka Bank d.d., UniCredit Group
ZSE – Zagreb Stock Exchange