The National Stock Exchange announced on Tuesday, November 4, that a pre-open session will also be held for the Futures & Options (F&O) segment.

Starting December 8, the Pre-Open session will be held from 9 AM to 9:15 AM, the NSE said in its circular.

According to the NSE circular:

Between 9 AM and 9:08 AM, there will be order entry, modifications and cancellations. There will also be a system driven random closure between the 7th and the 8th minute of the pre-open session.

The NSE has also clarified that the random closure of the equity segment pre-open and the F&O segment pre-open will be independent from each other.

Between 9:08 AM to 9:12 AM, order matching period begins after completion of the order entry period. This four-minute window will also see determination of the opening

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