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BMV

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Mexico's main stock exchange, founded in 1894 and based in Mexico City. It runs the market where shares, ETFs and government paper change hands.

In pesos: The BMV publishes its trading hours and its holiday calendar: on those days nothing trades, whatever the app shows.

Where to go deeper

3/4 6 min Read How a stock exchange actually works What happens between pressing buy and owning a share: the order book, the BMV, its hours, who regulates it, what an index is and what you would see if you walked in.

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