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Euronext
Euronext is the first pan-European exchange which includes Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, and Paris.
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Order Types
- Limit Buy/Sell→ShortSell (Day/IOC)
- Market Buy/Sell→ShortSell (Day)
Basic Market Rules
- Lot Size: 1 share.
- Tick Size: varies by price and security type. Tick sizes for most equities are as follows:
Price Range (Euro) | Tick Size (Euro) |
---|---|
0 to 9.999 | 0.001 |
10 to 49.995 | 0.005 |
50 to 99.99 | 0.01 |
100 and greater | 0.05 |
- Short Sale Rules: naked short selling is prohibited; locate required.
- Circuit Breakers: Euronext has safeguards in place during auction and continuous trading phases.
Auction Mechanisms
Close
The closing price is defined by the following closing mechanism
Auction means an auction conducted in a trading platform in respect to qualifying orders pursuant to the following process:
- a) The auction price is the price with the maximum executable volume. If necessary the reference price is taken into account when establishing the auction price.
- b) The Reference price is the last traded price in the Central Order Book
- c) Orders are classified by direction and price-limit
- d) Orders at the same limit are ranked chronologically and time prioritized
- e) Orders will be executed according to price
- i. Buy orders are executed in decreasing order
- ii. Sell orders are executed in increasing order
Auction Periods
1. Regular Trading Hours (09:00 - 17:30)
- Orders marked VFA (Valid For Auction) or VFC (Valid For Close) will be entered in the order book but kept hidden until the closing call
- No closing orders will be matched
- Orders may be entered, amended, and cancelled
2. Closing Auction (17:30 - 17:35)
- Orders may be entered into the central order book to participate in the closing auction
- Orders may not be modified or cancelled
- No orders will be matched
3. Uncross (17:35)
- Closing orders will be matched
Order Types: Limit, Market, and Market-on-Close orders are eligible to participate during the closing auction.
See Also
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