founded in 1793 in Dublin, the exchange is a limited company trading equities, government and corporate bonds, investment funds, and specialist securities such as assetbacked debt, securitized bonds, and warrants. Most company securities trade on ISE Xetra, the exchange’s electronic trading system, and are settled in CREST. Irish government bonds are traded on EuroMTS, the electronic trading system for market makers in Irish government bonds, and are settled through Euroclear. CRESTCo merged with the Euroclear group in September 2002. Continuous trading runs from 8 a.m. to 4:28 p.m., with an 80-minute pre-market session starting at 6:30 a.m. and 10-minute auctions before the opening and two minutes after the close. A post-trading session runs from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
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