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 17:55 17:55 18:00 18:25 18:45   –   –   –   –
Forward market   –   –   –   – 10:00 18:25    –    –   –   –   –   –   –   –     
Block trades   –   –   –   – 10:00  16:55   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
Options market(2) 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 17:55 17:55 18:15 18:25 18:45   –   –   –   –
Unsponsored BDRs 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 17:55 17:55 18:05 18:25 18:45   –    –   –   –
Sponsored BDRs 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 17:55 17:55 18:00 18:25 18:45   –    –   –   –
Equity ETF 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:05 10:05 17:55 17:55 18:15 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
Equity index options(2) 09:30 09:45 09:45 10:00 10:00 17:50 17:50 18:15 18:25 18:45   –   –   –   –

(1) Corrections can be made to trades in all markets and trading phases up until 19:00, except on the expiration day of options on stocks, units, BDRs, or ETFs, when the correction deadline will be extended until 20:00. 

(2) Trading in expiring series ends at 16:45 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 19:25 to 19:40, followed by an order cancellation phase from 19:45 to 20:00 for all reference markets in the timetable above, with the exception of options and options on stock indices markets.

(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 18:25 to 19:10 and from 19:45 to 20:00, with the exception of the forward market and Block Trades.

 

 

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    17:00    10:00    15:45              18:15  18:15  19:15        19:15(1)
Equity index options      –       –      –     –              18:15    –    –         18:20(2)

(1) Automatic exercise from 19:15 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 18:20 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.