Indian Stock Market Timings
In India, trading in the stock market is restricted to a certain window of time. These transactions must be carried out by retail customers through a brokerage firm on weekdays from 9.15 am to 3.30 pm. The majority of investors buy and sell securities listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE), two of India’s major stock exchanges. Both of these significant stock exchanges’ Indian stock market timings are the same.
Indian stock market timings for trade is divided into three segments:
- Pre-opening Timing
The duration of this session is from 9:00 am to 9:15 am. During this time, any securities may be bought or sold by order. It can be divided into three sessions further:
- 9.00 a.m. – 9.08 a.m.
Orders for any transaction may be placed during this time of day when the Indian stock market opens. When actual trading starts, the order entry is given preference because these orders are cleared off first. Investors benefit from the ability to modify or cancel any orders placed during this time period because orders cannot be placed after this 8-minute window during the pre-opening session.
- 9.08 a.m. – 9.12 a.m.
The price of a security is determined by this section of the Indian stock market timing. In order to ensure accurate transactions between investors looking to buy or sell a security, demand and supply prices are matched in order. The multilateral order matching system is used to determine the final prices at which trading will start during the regular trading hours of the Indian stock market.
During a typical session of the Indian stock market timing, price matching orders are crucial in determining the price at which the security is traded.
Benefits of changing an existing order, however, are not accessible at this time.
- 9.12 a.m. – 9.15 a.m.
Preopening and regular Indian share market hours are transitioned during this time. During this time, no more transaction orders may be made. Additionally, bets already placed between 9.08 and 9.12 a.m. cannot be cancelled.
- Normal Session
The main trading hours for the Indian stock market are from 9.15 am to 3.30 pm. Bilateral order matching governs all transactions during this time, and supply and demand forces are used to determine prices.
Due to the volatility of the bilateral order matching system, there are numerous market fluctuations that ultimately affect security prices. The multi-order system was developed for the pre-opening session and implemented in Indian stock market timings to reduce this volatility.
- Post-closing Session
In India, the stock market closes at 3.30 p.m. After this time, no more transactions are made. But during this time, the closing price is decided, and this has a big impact on the opening security price the next day.
Stock market closing time in India can be divided into two sessions –
- 3.30 p.m. – 3.40 p.m.
The closing price is determined by taking the weighted average of prices for securities traded on a stock exchange between 3 and 3.30 p.m. Weighted average prices of listed securities are taken into consideration when calculating the closing prices of benchmark and sector indices like Nifty, Sensex, S&P Auto, etc.
- 3.40 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Bids for the next day’s trade can be placed during this time after the stock market closes. If sufficient buyers and sellers are present in the market during this time, bids submitted during this period are confirmed. Regardless of changes in the opening market price, these transactions are completed at the agreed-upon price.
Therefore, if an investor who has already placed bids sees their opening price exceed the closing price, they can realize capital gains. During the brief window from 9.00 a.m. to 9.08 a.m., bids may be canceled if the closing price is higher than the opening share price.
| S. No. | Name | Time |
| 1. | Pre-opening session | 9.00 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. |
| 2. | Normal session | 9.15 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. |
| 3. | Closing session | 3.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. |
Aftermarket Orders
After this window of time. There can be no transactions. Investors can place orders for selected companies’ securities in the aftermarket, which will be filled at the following day’s opening market price.
‘Muhurat’ Trading
Given that Diwali is a national religious holiday, the Indian stock market is typically closed for all transactions on that day. However, the market only opens for an hour on Diwali every year. This year, a one-hour trading session will be held on October 24, 2022, from 6.15 pm to 7.15 pm because it is regarded as lucky.
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