Indian agricultural commodity exchange the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) is set to revise its trading hours for derivatives, according to a NCDEX circular.
The exchange’s current 9am-5pm trading hours for derivatives would change to 10am to 5pm from 14 August, the 1 August circular to all exchange members said.
The revised time for client code modifications would be 10am to 5.15pm, NCDEX added, further noting that “the pre-open session shall be from 9.45am to 10.00am for all commodities”.
The NCDEX is one of the top commodity exchanges in India based on value and number of contracts, according to Investopedia. It offers futures contracts in cereals and pulses, fibres, spices and vegetable oil and oilseeds including groundnut, castor seed, refined castor oil, cottonseed oil cake, soyabean, refined soyabean oil, mustard seed, crude palm oil, natural whitish sesame seeds and high protein soyabean meal.
