OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2011. Trading hours at BM&FBOVESPA

BM&FBOVESPA hereby informs you that on March 9, 2011, there will be special trading hours for Ash Wednesday, as follows:

BOVESPA Segment

1) Regular hours – Continuous session from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, of which:

a) from 12:45 pm to 1:00 pm – pre-opening;

b) from 5:55 pm to 6:00 pm – closing call.

2) After-Market

a) from 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm – pre-opening

b) from 6:45 pm to 7:30 pm – trading.

3) Options Exercise

a) from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm – stock options exercise

b) from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm – index options exercise.

BM&F Segment

The pre-opening phase will begin at 12:55 p.m. and the trading phase will begin at 1:00 p.m. In the specific case of structured transactions with forward points on U.S. Dollar (positions opened on T+0) and Ibovespa, the trading hours will be as follows:

On March 9, 2011, there will only be the VOI volatility call at 3:30 pm and the VCA volatility call at 4:30 p.m.

Instruments for Connectivity Tests for the GTS and Mega Bolsa Trading Systems

Test instrument trading will occur on March 9, 2011 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.