No extension in BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty trading hours, for now
No extension in BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty trading hours, for now The extension of trading hours might not become a reality anytime soon as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), stock exchanges and brokers were yet to agree on how it would be implemented, said three officials with direct knowledge of the matter. Markets regulator Sebi had on 4 May permitted exchanges to extend their trading hours beyond the current 3.30pm. The move was aimed at enabling the exchanges to offer equity derivatives for nearly 14 hours a day until 11.55pm. The exchanges were primed to run for the extended hours from 1 October, but this is yet to be implemented. “We had enabled the exchanges to trade for extended hours and they were to submit proposals, including risk management framework and member consensus. There are some issues there,” Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi said after the board meeting of the markets regulator on 12 December. “There is not much movement on that front (extended mark