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Knowing its operational hours to gain maximum returns from your investments and trade effectively in the financial market is essential. The market timings for the Indian stock market are uniform throughout the country. Anyone from anywhere in India can trade during active hours.
The schedule for a day of trading starts at 09:15 a.m. and ends at 03:30 p.m. During the trading period, anyone can buy or sell stocks. There are no breaks. Furthermore, a day of trading in the financial market, whether BSE or NSE, is divided into three sessions. These are:
2. Normal session: The normal session starts at 09:15 a.m. and continues till 03:30 p.m. During the normal session of the Indian stock market, investors can trade without any restrictions, with transactions being completed freely. Prices of stocks vary depending on the demand and supply. How? The normal trading session follows the multilateral matching model wherein the value of the stock price of a sell order is matched with that of the same valued buy order and vice-versa.
The fluctuations of the formerly implemented ‘bilateral matching model’ resulted in volatile values of securities. The Indian stock market brought in the ‘Pre-opening’ session’ to tackle the volatility in prices, implementing the multilateral model.
3. Post-closing session: The Indian stock market shuts down its operations for the day at 03:30 p.m. During the post-closing session, prices of stocks for the next day’s pre-opening session are determined. The post-closing session is divided into two segments. These are:
Although closed on the occasion of Diwali, a one-hour window for trading is open on an auspicious day from 05:30 p.m. to 06:30 p.m. throughout the country.