Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG: Diverging trading hours for Structured Products on public holidays

Release date: 28 Apr 2022

003/2022 Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG: Diverging trading hours for Structured Products on public holidays Open Market Circular 003/22

1.  Introduction

With this circular, we would like to inform you that trading in Structured Products at Börse Frankfurt (MIC: XFRA) on public holidays (in Germany and the State of Hesse), on which trading takes place according to the trading calendar of Frankfurter Wertpaperbörse (FWB®, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange), will end at 22:00 CE(S)T.

For all other securities, trading on these days will end at 20:00 CE(S)T latest, as announced in Xetra circular 080/21.

2.  Required action

Please make all necessary preparations to be able to support the trading hours on public holidays for the various asset classes traded at Börse Frankfurt.

3.  Details

The Management Board of Frankfurt Stock Exchange has decided that trading in Structured Products at Börse Frankfurt on public holidays (in Germany and the State of Hesse), on which trading takes place according to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange trading calendar, will end at 22:00 CE(S)T. On these days, trading in shares, ETFs/ETPs and mutual funds will end already at 20:00 CE(S)T, as announced in Xetra circular 080/21. Trading in bonds will end at 17:30 CE(S)T, as usual.

In 2022, the following public holidays are affected: 

  • Ascension (26 May 2022)
  • Whit Monday (6 June 2022)
  • Corpus Christi (16 June 2022)
  • German Unity Day (3 October 2022)

Further information

Recipients:

All companies participating in the Regulated Unofficial Market (Open Market) at Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Target groups:

Traders, Nominated Persons, General

Contact:

Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG, tel. +49-69-211-1 88 00, zertifikate@deutsche-boerse.com

Web:

www.zertifikateboerse.de

Authorised by:

Florian Claus, Simone Kahnt-Eckner

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