Stock Market To Remain Open On Saturday; NSE, BSE To Conduct Special Trading Session; Details [Video]

Special Session of Stock Market:  The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE will hold a special trading session in the equity and equity derivatives segments on Saturday to assess their preparedness to deal with major disruptions on the primary sites. The special live trading session will involve an intra-day switchover from the Primary Site (PR) to the Disaster Recovery (DR) site.

There will be two sessions – the first from PR from 9:15 am to 10 am, and the second from the DR site from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.During the special session, the maximum price band for all securities, including those on which derivative products are available, will be 5 percent. Securities already in the 2 percent or less price band will continue to be available in the respective bands.

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A circular said the exchange will conduct a special live …