Long trading hours fail to enthuse brokers; bourses may go for 12-hr window

Both NSE and BSE plan to give their plan on extension of trading hours in the next few weeks

While the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed stock exchanges to keep the equity derivatives market open for 15 hours, this might not entirely happen.

According to sources, the exchanges might initially opt for a 12-hour trading window, based on the feedback from market participants, particularly brokers.

Both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE plan to give their plan on extension of trading hours in the next few weeks.

Sebi had in May allowed the exchanges to keep the derivatives market open till 11:55 pm. Currently, the timings for both the equity cash and derivatives segments