Monday April 13 2026
News Source: Global Exchanges
Focus: Holidays and Opening Hours and suspensions
Type: General
Country: Mauritius
On 30th March 2026, the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) announced extension of trading hours at SEM and Central Depository & Settlement Co. Ltd (CDS) to enhance market infrastructure, support the internationalisation of SEM platform, and move up the value chain of services offered to the stakeholders, namely investors, investment dealers, market-makers, custodians, data distributors, and index providers.
The extension of trading hours, effective from Monday, 20 April 2026, the continuous trading session at SEM will be extended by one hour. Trading will commence at 09:30 hrs (GMT+4) and close at 15:00 hrs (GMT+4), compared to the current schedule of 10:00 hrs (GMT+4) to 14:30 hrs (GMT+4).
The trading schedule and sessions at SEM (Monday to Friday) shall be as follows:
| TRADING SESSIONS | OFFICIAL MARKET & DEM | DEBT BOARD | SEMX BOARD |
| Pre-opening | 9.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. | – | 9.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. |
| Opening | 9.30 a.m. | 9.30 a.m. | 9.30 a.m. |
| Continuous | 9.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. | 9.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. | 9.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. |
| Weekly Closing Auction | – | – | 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. |
| Closing | 3.00 p.m. | 3.00 p.m. | 3.00 p.m. |
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