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Special live trading session on 18th May!
By Roshan | Updated at: Apr 9, 2025 04:27 PM IST

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SEBI & Exchanges want to ensure that market intermediaries such as Exchanges, Clearing Houses, and Depository Organizations can smoothly switch to a backup plan – the Disaster Recovery (DR) site in case of an unexpected disaster.
The market timings are as follows:
Live Trading from Primary Site (Trading Session 1):

*Fresh orders won’t be allowed in the last 5 minutes, all pending orders will be cancelled ( there will be no carry over of pending orders )
Trading from DR Site (Trading Session 2):

Note:
- SIP orders will not be executed during the Special trading session. The scheduled SIP orders will be placed on the next trading day, 21st May
- AMO Orders will not be available between 17th May 4 PM to 18th May 4 PM
- Only delivery trades would be allowed (No Intraday)
- Any profits booked / sales proceed from trades on 17th May will not be included in the
available funds during the special trading session as 18th May is a settlement holiday, they will be available for use on 21st May - Holdings bought ( Delivery ) on 17th May, will be available in your Portfolio on
Tuesday ( 21st May ), as 18th, 19th, 20th May are settlement holidays - BTST Transactions, hence won’t be allowed on 18th May
- MTF Pledge , Margin Pledge will be available during the above mentioned market hours
- MCX, NSE – Currency won’t be available on 18th May
- Fund Addition done before 18th May 1 PM, will be available in your Available Funds before the start of next trading session
- GTT Orders will not be triggered
- All withdrawal requests, placed between 17th May till 20th May, will be processed on 21st May.
- 20th May, is a trading/settlement holiday on the account of General Elections in Mumbai.
Additional Info :
- Securities (including stocks having F&O Contracts) will have upper and lower circuit limits set at 5%
- Stocks with existing 2% limits will maintain that limit
- All futures contracts will operate within a 5% range
- Typically, stocks in the F&O segment and futures contracts enjoy flexible price bands in a regular trading session. This means that if the circuit limit is reached, it is usually relaxed to facilitate continuous trading. However, this standard practice won’t apply during this special session.
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