Commodity exchanges extend trading hours: Here's what experts feel about it

The daily trade now commences an hour early at 9 am and goes on till 5 pm. Globally, referential commodities continue to have their trading hours between 9 am and 11:55 pm

The country's commodity bourses — Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) extended the time for trading in agricultural commodity derivatives by an hour from Monday, December 31, 2018, despite agitations by a section of traders.

The daily trade now commences an hour early at 9 am and goes on till 5 pm. Globally, referential commodities — both non-agri and agri ones — continue to have their trading hours between 9 am and 11.30 pm / 11.55 pm and 9 pm respectively.

On December 19, 2018, MCX and NCDEX had in separate