Trading hours | B3

Equities market trading hours

Market(1) Order cancellation Pre-opening Trading Closing Call After-Market trading(3)
Order cancellation(4) Trading Order cancellation(4)
  Start End Start End Start End Start End Start End Start End Start End
Cash Market, Odd lots market, Investment Funds and OTC Market 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:55 16:55 17:00 17:25 17:30 17:30 18:00 18:25 18:45
Forward market  –  –  –  – 10:00 17:25   –  –  –  – 17:30 18:00  –  –     
Block trades  –  –  –  – 10:00  16:55   –  –  –  –   –   –  –  –
Options market(2) 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:55 16:55 17:15 17:25 18:45   –   –  –  –
Unsponsored BDRs 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:55 16:55 17:05 17:25 17:30  17:30  18:00 18:25 18:45
Sponsored BDRs 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:55 16:55 17:00 17:25 17:30  17:30  18:00 18:25 18:45
Equity ETF 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:05 10:05 16:55 16:55 17:15 17:25 17:30  17:30  18:00 18:25 18:45
Fixed Income ETF 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:55 16:55 17:15 17:25 17:30  17:30  18:00 18:25 18:45
Index options(2) 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 16:50 16:50 17:15 17:25 18:45  –  –  –  –

(1) Corrections can be made to trades in all markets and trading phases up until 19:00.

(2) Trading in expiring series ends at 15:45 on the expiration date.

(3) On the expiration date of options on stocks, units, BDRs or ETFs, there will be trading in the after-market period from 18:25 to 18:40, followed by an order cancellation phase from 18:45 to 19:00 for all reference markets in the timetable above, with the exception of options market, index options and block trades.

(4) On the expiration date of options on single stocks, units, BDRs or ETFs, there will be an order cancellation phase for the markets mentioned in the table above from 17:25 to 18:10 and from 18:45 to 19:00, with the exception of options market and index options, where the phase will occur from 17:25 to 18:45, and for the forward market and block trades, which will not have this phase.

 

Market Options Exercise
Before expiration On expiration
Manual exercise of Holder's Position Manual exercise of Holder's Position Positions File [IMBARQ] Contrary Exercise Automatic Exercise of Holder's Position
  Start End Start End   Start End Start
Options on single stocks, units, BDRs or ETFs    10:00    16:00    10:00    14:45              17:15  17:15  18:15        18:15(1)
Index options      –       –      –     –              17:15    –    –        17:20(2)

(1) Automatic exercise from 18:15 whenever (i) the underlying’s reference price in the cash market is higher than the strike price, in the case of call options; and (ii) the underlying’s reference price in the cash market is lower than the strike price, in the case of put options. Exercise is automatic only in the absence of contrary exercise.

(2) Automatic exercise from 17:20 whenever (i) the settlement index is higher than the strike price, in the case of call options; and (ii) the settlement index is lower than the strike price, in the case of put options.