Israel
1 Country overview
MTS provides the wholesale electronic trading system for Israeli fixed income government bonds.
MTS is the reference secondary market for Shekel denominated Israeli government bonds. All current benchmark bonds are listed on the platform.
Following the introduction of the Israeli primary dealership programme, 14 domestic and international primary dealers committed to quote on a continuous basis all listed securities issued for amounts greater than or equal to ILS 2 billion.
2 Instruments
For a full list of available instruments, click here.
2.1 Minimum lots
Orders may be submitted for the following quantities:
ILS 1 million
Odd lots of ILS 0.5 million with manual matching subject to market makers acceptance
3 Participants
For a list of participants, click here.
4 Market Hours
Market Hours (Israel time)
Pre-Market: 9:00am – 9:30am
Pre-Open Market: 9:30am – 9:45am
Market Open: 9:45am
Market Closed: 5:30pm
5 Settlement
Trades on Israeli Government bonds settle at Tel Aviv Clearing House (TACH) that acts also as Central Counterparty. MTS sends Swift settlement instructions on behalf of both participants to TACH. MTS participants must hold a securities account at TACH directly or indirectly through a custodian.
The settlement cycle is T+1. The settlement calendar follows the local business calendar, skipping -settlement date on Israeli public holidays which are not settlement days.
6 Market Data
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