St. Petersburg Exchange will extend the main trading session by an hour from September 24

The main trading session on the St. Petersburg Exchange from September 24 will begin an hour earlier - at 9:00 GMT instead of 10:00 GMT. The total time of bidding will remain the same, the press service of the site reported.

According to the new schedule, the morning additional session will be held from 7:00 MSK to 9:00 MSK, the main trading session - from 9:00 MSK to 19:00 MSK.

“Participants work simultaneously at different venues, so it is important that the schedule of the main sessions be as synchronized as possible. By increasing the duration of the main session, we make the work of market participants more convenient, commented Evgeny Serdyukov, General Director of St. Petersburg Exchange.

Trading in securities will be completed at 23:50 GMT, neo-assets on global securities at 23:00 GMT, neo-assets on Russian stocks and crypto-indexes at 00:00 GMT. On weekends and holidays, bidding, as before, will begin at 10:00 GMT.

Since September 14, the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange begins an hour earlier - at 9 am and lasts a total of 10 hours. The calculation and publication of the main indices were also postponed to 9:00.