Greece
1 Country overview
MTS facilitates a dedicated market for the electronic trading of Greek government debt securities.
2 Instruments
Euro denominated securities issued by the Hellenic Republic of Greece, with maturity ranging from 1.25 to 30 years are traded on the MTS Greek market.
A (1.25-3.5y)
B (3.5-6.5y)
C (6.5-13.5y)
D (over 13.5y)
For a full list of available instruments, click here.
2.1 Minimum lots
Proposals must be formulated for a minimum quantity equal to EUR 2.5 or EUR 5 million, depending on the maturity bucket.
Orders may be submitted for the following quantities:
EUR 2.5 million and multiples for auto-matching.
Odd lots of EUR 0.5 and multiples up to EUR 2.5, with manual matching subject to market makers' acceptance.
3 Participants
For a list of participants, click here.
4 Market Hours
Cash Market Hours (CET)
Pre-Market: 7:30 am – 8:00 am
Trading Hours: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Market Closed: 5:30 pm
5 Settlement
Trades on Greek Government bonds settle at Bank of Greece (BOGS). MTS sends Swift settlement instructions on behalf of both participants to NBB-SSS. MTS participants must hold a securities account at NBB-SSS either directly or indirectly through a custodian.
No Central Counterparty is available.
The settlement cycle is T+2. The settlement calendar follows the TARGET calendar skipping value date only on TARGET non-business days.
6 Market Data
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