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Brazilian Stock Exchange (BOVESPA)

Bovespa is the equities exchange of the BM&FBovespa exchange group which is the primary securities market in Brazil.

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Currency: Brazilian Real (BRL)

Holiday Calendar
Trading Hours

Trading Summary

Bovespa uses the Mega Bolsa, a fully electronic trading system. For more information, see the Regulations and Manuals page.

Order Types (TIF)

Basic Market Rules

Circuit Breaker Rules

Rule Description
1 If Ibovespa falls 10% in relation to the previous day's closing index, trading on all exchange markets will be interrupted for 30 minutes
2 As trading resumes, if Ibovespa falls 15% in relation to the previous day's closing index, trading on all exchange markets will be interrupted for 1 hour
3 As trading resumes, if Ibovespa falls 20% in relation to the previous day's closing index, the exchange may determine the suspension of tradings in all markets for a defined period and such decision must be disclosed to the market through the news agency

Rules 1–3 do not apply during the last half hour of the trading session. If trading is interrupted during the second-to-last half hour of a session, at the time trading resumes the schedule will be extended for 30 minutes at most, without any further interruption, in order to ensure a final trading period of 30 consecutive minutes.

Auction Mechanisms

Open

The opening auction takes place between 9:45 am and 10:00 AM. Orders entered prior to this period are used as input to calculate the theoretical opening price.

Close

During Regular Trading (10:00 - 17:55):

During Closing Auction (17:55 - 18:00)

Note: the closing call for ETFs is different at 17:55 - 18:15.

Closing Call Extension (18:00 - 18:05, conditional)

Note: traders may use Limit Market-on-close (MOC) or Limit orders during the closing call to participate in the uncrossing.

Auction Triggers

When one of the following conditions occurs, an auction is held:

In relation to trading quantity Auction Schedule
With a lot 5–10 times the average traded volume over the last 30 sessions Auction with 5-minute deadline
With a lot more than 10 times the average traded volume over the last 30 sessions Auction with 5-minute deadline
In relation to companies' stock capital Auction Schedule
With a lot 0.5%–0.99% of common stock Auction within 5 minutes
With a lot 1%–2.99% of common stock Auction within 1 hour
With a lot 3%–6% of common stock Auction within 24 hours
With a lot over 6% of common stock Auction within 48 hours
With a lot 1%–2.99% of preferred stock Auction within 15 minutes
With a lot 3%–4.99% of preferred stock Auction within 1 hour
With a lot 5%–20% of preferred stock Auction within 24 hours
With a lot over 20% of common stock Auction within 48 hours
In relation to quote Auction Schedule
With positive or negative variation of 3%–8.99% on the last price of securities participating in the exchange index portfolio Auction within 5 minutes
With positive or negative variation of more than 9% on the last price of securities participating in the exchange index portfolio Auction within 15 minutes
Other securities with positive or negative variation of 10%–19.99% on the last price Auction within 5 minutes
Other securities with positive or negative variation of 20%–49.99% on the last price Auction within 15 minutes
Other securities with positive variation of 50%–99.99% on the last price Auction within 30 minutes
Other securities with variation of more than 100% on the last price Auction within 1 hour
Other securities with negative variation of more than 50% in relation to the last price Auction within 1 hour
With positive or negative variation from 10% in relation to the reference price established by the Exchange Auction with a duration of 1 to 15 minutes
In relation to tradability Auction Schedule
Stock not traded over the last 5 sessions Auction within 15 minutes
Stock traded for the first day of trading on the exchange Auction within 15 minutes

Pricing Mechanism for Auctions

Auction Price Criteria Details
First Criterion The price attributed to an auction is the one at which the largest quantity of the stocks is traded.
Second Criterion If there's any tie in the quantity traded at two or more prices, two prices are selected: the least imbalanced sale and the least imbalanced purchase. The price attributed to the auction may be equal to one of these prices, or between them; the price nearest to the last trade is chosen, or if the security has not been traded during the day, the price chosen for the auction will be the one nearest the last closing price.
Third Criterion If the two criteria above lead to a tie, the price selected for opening the auction will be part of a scale of prices that may or may not include limit prices depending on the amount of imbalance.

Matching Priorities

The following order of priority is observed during auctions:

  1. Market on Auction: these orders have highest priority. If, when opening the auction, such an offer is not fully taken up, the unmatched portion of the offer will be eliminated; and
  2. Limit Order: by price order and chronological entry order.

For more information about the trading mechanisms on BM&FBovespa, see the Regulations and Manuals page.

Additional Info

Financial News

Correio Braziliense News
Jornal do Brasil
O Globo News
Yahoo! Finance Brazil

Market Data

Quotes
Historical Data
Market Data Platform

Regulator

Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil

See Also