Sebi may restore trading hours in commodity segment

"Earlier, the situation was different. We were not able to reach office and back-end was not properly functioning, which is not the case now," a broker said on condition of anonymity.

Tarun Sharma

April 20, 2020 / 23:01 IST

The Securities and Exchange Board of India may restore trading hours of non-agri segment and is expected to issue a circular soon.

On March 26, Sebi informed the exchanges that it was changing the closing time from 11.30 PM to 5 PM and it was implemented from March 30.

However, the Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI), which had previously written to the regulator seeking curtailed trading hours, has now requested for a return to old timings.

"This time, Sebi has sought views of all associations, including ANMI and BSE and brokers forums on increasing timing of trade. All have supported increasing the duration," a source told Moneycontrol.

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