In co-operation with market participants, Oslo Børs has decided that the extended opening hours will take effect January 2006.
At the end of June, the board of directors at Oslo Børs announced they would extend the trading hours of its stock and derivatives markets. The new trading hours will be from 9:00am to 4:30pm. They decided that the first trading day with the new opening hours will be January, 2 2006.
The opening hours of the Oslo Børs bond market will remain unchanged; the hours for this market will continue to be from 9:00am to 4:00pm.