When does trading cease on Christmas eve and when does it resume again for the FTSE?

0007 said:

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 2007/2008

This announcement sets out the business days and trading hours for the London Stock Exchange over the Christmas and New Year period 2007/2008.

All times are GMT unless otherwise stated

Monday 24 December 2007 Markets close from 12.30

Tuesday 25 December 2007 Closed all day
Wednesday 26 December 2007 Closed all day
Thursday 27 December 2007 Normal business day
Friday 28 December 2007 Normal business day
Monday 31 December 2007 Markets close from 12.30

Tuesday 1 January 2008 Closed all day
Wednesday 2 January 2008 Normal business day



Monday 24 December 2007 and Monday 31 December 2007

Market hours
Market hours for the Exchange’s trading services and markets will, unless stated otherwise, commence at their normal scheduled times and will close from 12:30 GMT (13:30 CET) on both days. Market Making obligations will remain firm until the later of this time or where relevant until the end of the closing auction.

Home Market Closed
For those services where the home market of the underlying instrument is closed there is no obligation to enter orders or display quotes at this time.

Trade reporting
The trade reporting period will commence at the normal time until the trade reporting system closes for all services at 13:15 GMT (14:15 CET). Transactions executed outside these times should be submitted immediately at the start of the next trade reporting period.

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0007 said:

Monday 24 December 2007 Markets close from 12.30

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