NSE India & BSE India Introduce Pre-Open Session in Equity Derivatives: What Traders Need to Know


On December 8, NSE India and BSE India introduced a Pre-Open Session for the Equity Derivatives segment. The twist is that not all expiries are eligible.

🔹 What’s Affected

  • Index & Stock Futures (not Options)
  • Pre-open applies to current-month contracts
  • Next-month futures become eligible during the last five trading days of the current-month expiry
  • The session is divided into three: Order Entry → Order Matching/Confirmation → Buffer Period

🔹How Swaps Monitor Helps

  • Enhanced Trading Hours Centers with clear segmentation
  • The “Functionalities” feature in our Trading Hours data indicates allowed actions in each sub-session
  • New: “Pre-Open Eligibility Day” in our Expiry Dates data shows exactly when each contract becomes eligible

These enhancements ensure our customers know exactly when each contract is eligible for pre-open and what activities are allowed during each session.

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Affected Swaps Monitor codes:

SM CodeContract Name
INSN NSE Equity Futures
BMSB BSE Index Futures
BMBSX SENSEX Futures
INSSF Cash-Settled Single Stock Futures
INSNI Nifty 50 Futures
INSNK Nifty Bank Futures
INFIN Nifty Financial Services Index Futures
INSSG Physically-Settled Single Stock Futures

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