Opening hours for N2EX during the Christmas period
Lysaker, 21 December 2010
The N2EX prompt market will close at 13.00 GMT on 24 December 2010 (Christmas Eve) and 31 December 2010 (New Years Eve). The market will close completely on 27 and 28 December 2010 and 3 January 2011.
The market will remain open as usual during the working days over the Christmas period.
Please find the N2EX opening hours overview table below:

Kind reminder: There will be a staggered auction on 24 and 31 December 2010. Please refer to exchange information from 6 December 2010 “Staggered auction schedule for the Christmas and New Year holidays”.
For further information, please contact N2EX:
N2EX Trading Operations, phone +44 207 065 8140/+47 6710 9190,
physical.trading@n2ex.com
Press contacts:
Trine Fersnes Riccardi, Director of Communications, Corporate Communications,
phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9574 7497
Siw Hauge, Director Communications, Nord Pool Spot AS, phone + 47 9061 5992
About N2EX
N2EX is the name of the UK power market offering from NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool Spot. NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB is the authorized clearinghouse.
The web site, www.n2ex.com, provides market information and documentation for the UK power market.
About NASDAQ OMX Commodities
NASDAQ OMX Commodities is the brand name for the NASDAQ OMX Group’s worldwide suite of commodity related products and services. The NASDAQ OMX Commodities offerings include power, natural gas and carbon emission markets and clearing services. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is a trademark of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe is a secondary name of NASDAQ OMX Oslo ASA, and is authorized as a commodity derivatives exchange by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and supervised by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority.
The clearing house, NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB, is authorised and supervised as a multi-asset clearing house by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in Sweden as well as authorised to conduct clearing operation in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities has more than 370 members from almost 20 countries covering a wide range of energy producers, consumers and financial institutions.
For more information, please visit www.nasdaqomxcommodities.com.
About Nord Pool Spot
Nord Pool Spot runs the largest market for electrical energy in the world, offering both day-ahead and intraday markets to its participants. 330 companies from 20 countries trade on the exchange. The Nord Pool Spot group has offices in Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Fredericia (Denmark), Tallinn and London. Nord Pool Spot is owned by the Nordic transmission system operators. In 2009, the group had a turnover of 288 TWh representing a value of EUR 10.8 billion.
For more information, visit www.nordpoolspot.com.
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