Nepse allows round-the-clock order placement as trading rules revised
Summary
Nepal Stock Exchange now permits investors to place buy and sell orders at any time, allowing round-the-clock order placement while trades execute only during market hours. Revised trading rules also introduce new market halt thresholds and relaxed price movement bands.
Key Points
- Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) allows investors to place buy and sell orders at any time, including outside market hours.
- Trades will still execute only during market open hours, from 11am to 3pm.
- Revised rules introduce a 15-minute trading halt if prices rise or fall 5% in the first two hours of trading.
- Price movement limits have been relaxed in both pre-open and regular trading sessions.
