VIOP Trading Hours Change, Margin Call Cutoff Time Extended

Monday, 7 October 2013

Following its meeting on September 26th, Borsa İstanbul Board of Directors issued a Circular on the principles of operation of the Futures & Options Market (VIOP).
The Circular envisages that the trading session for all contracts traded on VİOP will start at 09:10am instead of the current 09:15am.
The lunch break, which currently ends at 14:00 for all contracts, will end at 13:55 according to the new arrangement.
Borsa İstanbul Board of Directors also decided to extend the current margin call cutoff time from 14:30 to 15:00.
The new trading hours and margin call deadline will be effective as of Monday, October 7th, 2013.

The new trading hours and margin call deadline for VİOP are displayed on the link above.