title: Impact of trading hours extensions on foreign exchange volatility: intraday evidence from the Moscow exchange
abstract: Abstract Using transaction-level tick-by-tick data of same- and next-day settlement of the Russian Ruble versus the US Dollar exchange rate (RUB/USD) traded on the Moscow Exchange Market during the period 2005–2013, we analyze the impact of trading hours extensions on volatility. During the sample period, the Moscow Exchange extended trading hours three times for the same-day settlement and two times for the next-day settlement of the RUB/USD rate. To analyze the effect of the implementations, v
journal: Financial Innovation