The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) has announced a change in trading hours due to changes in US day -day savings timings. This change will be applicable from 10 March 2025. The day -to -day saving time in the US begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Dellite saving time is the practice in which the clock is put forward one hour forward when the light remains longer during the day, causing more light in the evening and low in the morning.
MCX has given information about this change through circular. From March 10, MCX’s new trading hours will be like this …
Non-agri commodities: Trading session from 9 am to 11:30 pm, client code modification session from 9 am to 11:45 pm
Selected Agri Commodities (Cotton, Cotton Oil and Cotton): Trading session from 9 am to 9 pm, client code modification session from 9 am to 9:15 pm
All other agri commodities: Trading session from 9 am to 5 pm, client code modification session from 9 am to 5:15 pm
Changes in expiry date of these futures contracts also
Apart from this, MCX has also announced a change in the expiry date of futures contracts to be expired on 31 March. The circular said that due to the trading holiday, copper March 2025 and Zinc March 2025 Future contracts will be like this, in view of the change in the expiry date, the new expiry dates of the concerned Future contracts will be like this ..