FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will restart its bond purchase scheme on Oct 30, with first settlements due on Nov 1, it said in a market message on Friday.
The bank added that it would temporarily halt purchases between Dec 19 and Jan 1 in anticipation of significantly lower market liquidity towards the end of the year.
The ECB decided in September to restart purchases on Nov 1, running at a monthly rate of 20 billion euros (£17 billion) a month.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Francesco Canepa)