India’s National Stock Exchange to Extend Stock Derivatives Trading Hours

Glonghui, May 30 — The National Stock Exchange of India has announced that starting August 3, after the implementation of the closing auction mechanism for spot equities, the regular trading closing time for equity derivatives will be extended by 10 minutes to 15:40. The exchange published a notice on its official website on Friday stating that the closing auction session for spot equities on all trading days will be from 15:15 to 15:35. In the initial stage, this auction mechanism will cover only individual stocks with corresponding derivative contracts. Regular equity derivatives trading will close at 15:40, and trade modification operations can continue until 16:15. Additional note: The trading session for Indian spot equities remains from 9:15 to 15:30. The exchange stated that the calculation rule for derivatives’ closing prices remains unchanged and will still use the volume-weighted average price between 15:10 and 15:40.