Moscow Exchange to launch trade in Eurobonds, shares on Fri

MOSCOW, Mar 24 (PRIME) -- The Moscow Exchange will launch trade in Eurobonds, corporate bonds, and shares that are not included into the MOEX Russia Index on Friday in a negotiated deal mode, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.

The Moscow Exchange will carry out trade in the 33 shares out of the MOEX Russia Index, the same stock that traded on Thursday, from 9.50 a.m. through 2.00 p.m. Moscow time on Friday without short sales.

Investors will be able to carry out deals in other shares outside the index, as well as in corporate bonds, Eurobonds, Russia’s federal bonds, regional and municipal bonds, and other derivatives in the negotiated deal mode, the regulator said.

The trade in OFZ federal bonds will be done in the main trade regime from 9.50 a.m. through 6.50 p.m. Moscow time and in the negotiated deal regime from 9.30 a.m. through 7.00 p.m. Moscow time. Besides that, futures contracts for the OFZ basket and for the RGBI index will also be open.

The trade on the derivatives market and in the certain shares that are included into the MOEX Russia Index will be held from 10.00 a.m. through 2.00 p.m. in the usual regime. In the other instruments, the trade will be similar to the trade held on Thursday, the central bank said.

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