ISE Xetra® is the electronic trading system of the Irish Stock Exchange and is used for trading the following order book securities:

• equities and ETFs (Main Securities Market and the ESM), and

• debt and other securities (admitted to GEM).

ISE Xetra® is the product of a strategic technology partnership between the Irish Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Börse Group which operates the Xetra® platform. The Xetra® system is considered one of the most advanced and reliable securities trading systems in the world with a high level of resilience and a built in back-up facility which enables it to perform consistently at almost 100% service levels for member firm participants.

Further details in relation to the operation of ISE Xetra® are outlined in theMarket Model.

Recent Developments

3rd May 2012 - The ISE announced that ISE Xetra® would be updated on 26th November 2012 via a new release, Release 13.0. For further information on Release 13.0 including the communication calendar please click here.

16th April 2012 - The latest ISE Xetra®Rel 12 Advanced Simulation Calendar was released which includes modifications to the previously released calendar for April. Click here to view the updated calendar.

28th November 2011 - Successful implementation of Release 12.0. Further information available here.

ISE Xetra® Simulation

ISE Xetra® provides two production-like simulation test environments to support member firms' testing, the Permanent and Advanced Simulation Environments. Currently, both the Permanent Simulation Envirnoment and the Advanced Simulation Environment are running Release 12.0 to enable members to test the latest functionality of Xetra. The calendars and simulation guides for both simulation environments are available below for downloading.

ISE Xetra MiFID Post-Trade Transparency Service

ISE Xetra® also offers a trade reporting only facility to enable member firms to meet the post-trade transparency requirements of MiFID. Further information is availablehere.

Back to top