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Russia - Moscow Exchange will trade foreign shares only in the evenings

Russia (bbabo.net), - From Monday, February 28, the Moscow Exchange plans to trade foreign shares only in the evenings - from 17:30 to 23:50 Moscow time. A message about this was published on the official website of the site.

Trading will be conducted in the main trading mode T+ with settlements in rubles and US dollars. From 17:30 to 17:40 it is planned to hold an opening auction, and from 17:40 - the main auction.

"The change in the schedule applies only to foreign shares of US issuers and depository receipts with the postfix -RM. Participants have access to negotiated deals and repo deals under the standard schedule," the message says.

The site also drew attention to the limitation of settlement codes for these securities and added that it "is making every effort to resume trading during the opening hours of American exchanges."

Earlier, the Moscow Exchange canceled morning trading on the stock market and the futures market on February 28.

Russia - Moscow Exchange will trade foreign shares only in the evenings