Intraday Trading on Sundays & Saturdays

No, Saturdays & Sundays are holidays, please read the content stated in the upcoming lines.

It will speak on the different kinds of buy/sell orders you can place on a working day from 03:40 pm to 08:59 am of the next day.

They can be termed as pre-market/post-market/after market orders. 

Sunday is a week off and stock trading is suspended on this day. In fact, even, every Saturday is off for those stock markets operating in NSE/BSE. 

As the Indian Stock Markets are virtually connected to the global stock exchanges, there too, the stock exchanges remain closed on weekend days. 

You can name it as NASDAQ, Tokyo stock exchange, Shanghai stock exchange, London stock exchange, Hong Kong stock exchange and so on.  

Important Note: 

Apart from Saturday/Sunday you will find the markets suspended on important calendar dates, which are released at the beginning of every financial year. 

A copy of the ‘Calendar Holiday list’ as it can save you from the embarrassment of making an attempt to trade on holidays. 

However, I would like to provide the time table of stock market operations, and the timings of the various buy/sell orders on a working day.  

Time table of Stock Operations @NSE:

Every day stock markets open by 09:30 am and closes by 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. 

The stock operations remain closed on Saturday/Sunday at NSE. 

You will find trading continued for specific activities after the closing of stock markets at 3:30 pm as they differ with normal trading operations during active trading hours ( 09:30 am to 03:30 pm).  

Timings @NSE to Perform Specific Activities (Pre-market Orders/Post-Market Orders/After Market Orders) 

In the stock exchange, you can operate three kinds of orders, namely pre-market orders, post market orders, and after market orders. 

Pre-market orders: 

Every day between 09:00 AM and 09:15 AM, NSE opens the pre market session. 

During the first 8-minute period, the stock exchange collects the order, modifies or cancels it. In this time frame of 09:00 am  to 09:08 am, you can place limit order/market orders. 

In the next time frame of 09:00 am to 09:15 am, new orders are not allowed, the placed orders belong to the equity segment only and the trades are confirmed after validating the collected orders. 

Post-Market Orders:

The post market session begins at 03:40 pm and ends by 04:00 pm. 

Investors can utilise this time frame of 20 minutes to buy/sell orders referring to equities in the delivery segment under the CNC product code. 

Assume that the ONGC ltd share price closed at INR 150 at 3:30 pm, the stock exchange’s closing bell period. 

You can buy/sell options at a price of INR 150 only. 

After-Market Orders:

Investors can place orders in the equity segment at NSE, during a period between 3.45 pm to 8:57 am. For the F&O segment, an investor can place orders up to 9:10 am, and for the currency segment, the AMO is allowed from 3:45 pm to the 8:59  am of the following day.