New stock market timings from August 3: What has changed?

Final minutes of the trading day are set to change from Monday, August 3, as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is introducing a new Closing Auction Session for F&O-eligible stocks and extending trading hours for the equity derivatives segment.The new framework brings a different end-of-day routine for traders, especially those in F&O-eligible stocks and the equity derivatives segment. Here's a look at what will change starting this week. Under the revised trading framework, biggest change will be seen in the closing process for F&O-eligible (Category I) stocks. Instead of ending with the regular trading session alone, these stocks will now move into a dedicated auction process after 3:15pm, with the auction-discovered price becoming their official closing price.Regular trading for F&O-eligible stocks will end at 3:15pm, followed by a five-minute transition period until 3:20pm.