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NSE Market Structure
Effective: 01 October 2024

NSE Capital Market Pre-Open Live Order Book & Equilibrium Price Feed Feed

Official Reference: NSE-FEED-PREOPEN-LIVE
Technical & Microstructure Impact:
  • •Real-time broadcast of indicative equilibrium prices, cumulative buy/sell quantities, and unmatched surplus across NIFTY 50 and F&O securities.
  • •Live feed captures institutional discovery flow between 09:00 and 09:08 IST prior to continuous session matching.
  • •Facilitates automated opening auction participation and fair value imbalance hedging for institutional market makers.
Source: Official NSE Portal Read Official Circular ↗
NSE Market Structure
Effective: 01 April 2024

NSE Pre-Open Session Mechanism & Equilibrium Price Discovery Architecture

Official Reference: NSE-CM-PREOPEN-2024
Technical & Microstructure Impact:
  • •Pre-open session operational window: 09:00:00 to 09:15:00 IST for Capital Market segment.
  • •Order entry, modification and cancellation window: 09:00 to 09:08 IST with random system stop between 09:07 and 09:08 IST.
  • •Order matching and equilibrium price discovery window: 09:08 to 09:12 IST. Matching algorithm maximizes executable volume; surplus unmatched orders carry into regular trading at discovered price.
  • •Buffer buffer period (09:12 to 09:15 IST) for orderly transition into normal continuous trading market session at 09:15:00 IST.
Source: Official NSE Portal Read Official Circular ↗