You can trade outside regular market hours through pre-market and post-market sessions on NSE and BSE. Both sessions are available only for equity segment trading.
Pre-market session (9:00 AM to 9:15 AM)
The pre-market session helps minimise volatility and discover opening prices of securities. You can participate in this session between 9:00 AM and 9:15 AM on both NSE and BSE.
How it works:
- Order collection (9:00 AM to 9:08 AM): You can place, modify, or cancel limit orders and market orders during the first 8 minutes
- Order matching: The exchange closes the order collection window anytime between 9:07 AM and 9:08 AM, then matches orders and confirms trades
- Price discovery: The session determines opening prices for securities
For detailed information about pre-market sessions, visit nseindia.com/products-services/equity-market-pre-open.
Post-market session (3:40 PM to 4:00 PM)
You can trade during the post-market session from 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM using only market orders.
Key features:
- Only market orders allowed: You can place buy or sell orders in the equity delivery segment using the Longterm (CNC) product type
- Closing price execution: Your market orders execute at the closing price (3:30 PM price)
- Limited activity: The session typically has low trading volume
Example: If Reliance closes at ₹800 at 3:30 PM and you place a market order to buy Reliance between 3:40 PM and 4:00 PM, your order will execute at ₹800 (the closing price).
You can monitor stock movements during the post-market session by viewing market depth between 3:40 PM and 4:00 PM.