Trading hours in RBI regulated markets altered as of today; now trading will be done at the time before the pandemic

Before the pandemic, the Reserve Bank of India (Reserve Bank of India) set the trading hours for those markets, which it regulates itself. Trading in RBI-regulated markets began at 9 a.m. today. Earlier RBI regulated trading used to start at 10 am.

The RBI stated in a statement that, in light of the relaxation of limitations and the actions of personnel in various offices, it has been decided to shift the opening hours of regulated financial markets from 9.00 a.m. to pre-pandemic time.

Let us inform you that, due to the corona virus epidemic, the opening hours of several financial markets supervised by the RBI have been moved to April 7, 2022. During the pandemic, the locations of operations had also altered, and the health risk had increased.

RBI regulates these markets

RBI Call/Notice/Term Money, Market Repo in Government Securities, Tri-Party Repo in Government Securities, Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit, Repo of Corporate Bonds, Central Government Securities, State Development Loans and Treasury Bills, Forex/Indian Regulates rupee trading including forex derivatives and rupee interest rate derivatives.

New time for trading in RBI regulated markets

• Call/Notice/Term Money – 9.00 AM to 3.30 PM
• Market Repo in Government Securities – 9.00 AM to 2.30 AM
• Tri-Party Repo in Government Securities – 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM
• Commercial Papers and Certificates of Deposit – 9.00 AM to 3.30 PM
• Repo in Corporate Bonds – 9.00 AM to 3.30 PM
• Government Securities (Central Government Securities, State Development Loans and Treasury Bills) – 9 AM to 3.30 PM
• Forex/Indian Rupee trading including forex derivatives – 9.00 am to 3.30 am
• Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives – 9.00 hrs to 3.30 hrs