B3 (B3SA3) will maintain extended trading hours for dollar and Ibovespa futures from March

A B3 (B3SA3) informed, this Tuesday (23), that starting from March 11th it will maintain the trading of Ibovespa futures contracts and mini-contracts (IND and WIN respectively) until 6.25 pm, and of futures contracts and mini-contracts Ibovespa trades in commercial dollars (DOL and WDO) until 6:30 pm.

This time, currently in force, is already practiced every year between November and March, a period in which daylight saving time does not apply in the United States. Now the opening hours will continue to be extended also in the months from March to November, when derivatives related to Ibovespa trading ends at 5.55pm and dollar trading ends at 6pm.

“The aim is to provide investors with more time to trade products and complements B3’s efforts to facilitate access to the capital market,” said the Brazilian scholarship in a statement.

B3 (B3SA3): Daily trading volume amounted to R$25.29 billion in December, an annual decline of 13.6%

The daily trading volume of B3 (B3SA3) According to a statement sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) on January 15, December fell 13.6% in the year-on-year comparison, to R$25.29 billion. On a monthly basis, the owner of the Brazilian stock exchange recorded a decline of 7.9%.

This drop in volume from B3 in December is explained by the Christmas holidays, when market liquidity is reduced, in addition to the low volumes found throughout the year, by the market difficulties due to double-digit interest rates.

Of the total value traded in the month, R$24.04 billion refers to spot market on B3, which represents a 14.7% annual decline and a 9.1% monthly decline. You futures markets increased by 46.8% compared to the same period in 2022 and by 1.5% compared to November, to R$324 million. The options market, in turn, attracts attention for the increase in the number of trades, which went from R$845 million in December of the previous year to R$923 million last month, with an increase by 32.8%.

In December, the number of active accounts on B3 they reached 5.77 million, a value 1.9% lower than that recorded in the same period of 2022. On a monthly basis there was an increase of just 0.7%. The number of private investors, which has been growing in recent years, decreased by 1.1% to 4.95 million compared to the previous year. Compared to November, the increase was 0.8%.

B3: market trading

To the market for derivatives and futures, the volume of contracts reached 5.34 thousand in December, an increase of 25.5% compared to the same month of 2022. In the monthly comparison, a decrease of 2.9% was recorded. During the period, average revenue per contract fell 18.5% to R$1.65 million. Compared to November the increase is 6.3%.

In the last month of 2023, the number of companies listed on the B3 (B3SA3) was 446, down 0.4% year-over-year and stable from November.

Source: Terra

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