MARKET SESSION
The market sessions take place at the times and according to the schedule indicated in Technical Rule n. 3 MPE.
MPEG sessions take place on weekdays, as specified below:
- from 8.00 to 17.00 on D-2. If D-2 falls on a public holiday, the session will take place from 8.00 to 17.00 on the immediately preceding working day;
- from 8.00 to 9.00 on D-1, only if that day is not a public holiday. Therefore, if day D is preceded by a public holiday, the trading session for the product with delivery in D will take place exclusively from 8.00 to 17.00 on the first working day before day D*.
* On Friday, the following will be traded:
- From 8 to 9 the products with delivery on Saturday
- From 8 to 17, products with delivery on Sunday and products with delivery on Monday and Tuesday (the latter product will also be traded from 8.00 to 9.00 of the session that takes place on Monday).
The MTE sessions are held from Monday to Friday, from 09.00 to 17.30, except on the second to last open market day of each month, when the closing time of the session is brought forward to 14.00.
The MTE sessions will not take place on the following days:
- every Saturday
- every Sunday
- 1st of January
- The Friday before Easter
- The Monday after Easter
- 1st of May
- 15th of August
- 24th of December
- 25th of December
- 26th of December
- 31st of December