Oslo Børs will launch Merkur Market 13 January 2016, but the technical implementation will as previously announced be ready for Monday 7 December. As the necessary changes needs to be implemented over a period of two days, Oslo Børs will start the setup of Merkur Market tomorrow, Thursday 2 December. This means that some Reference data content will be added in the files created tomorrow evening, valid for Friday 4 December.
The Production launch of Merkur Market introduces a new Trade Type table and a new Post Trade table, which requires a two-day implementation period:
- Thursday 3 December: The new Trade Type table "MIFID TR MERK" will be created and made available in the files valid for Friday 4 December.
- Friday 4 December: The new Post Trade table "OBEQ_PTP09" will be created and made available in the files valid for Monday 7 December.
Please note that no instruments will be added at this time, they will be added according to normal listing procedures when launching Merkur Market in January.
Oslo Børs will remind all members that they will need to sign the “Membership Agreement Merkur Market” as soon as possible in order to get access to Merkur Market in production.