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Market Status

This table presents a comprehensive enumeration of market statuses, each signifying a distinct phase in the trading session timeline.

ValueDescription
NORMAL_OPENIndicates the start of a normal trading session.
NORMAL_CLOSEMarks the end of a normal trading session.
PRE_OPEN_STARTMarks the beginning of the pre-market session.
PRE_OPEN_ENDIndicates the end of the pre-market session.
CLOSING_STARTMarks the start of the closing phase.
CLOSING_ENDIndicates the end of the closing phase.

Closing Auction Session (CAS) statuses

The Closing Auction Session (CAS) is a call-auction window that determines the closing price for eligible securities. CAS statuses are reported separately from the segment market status and apply only to CAS-eligible segments (for example, NSE_EQ). For segments where CAS does not exist, the CAS status is absent.

In addition to the statuses above, a CAS-eligible security can report the following values during the closing auction window:

ValueDescription
CTS_CLOSEContinuous trading has closed for CAS-eligible securities, ahead of the closing auction (around 3:15 PM IST).
CAS_LM_STARTThe closing auction session has started and accepts limit and market orders (around 3:20 PM IST).
CAS_M_STOPMarket-order entry is restricted during the closing auction; limit orders continue (around 3:25 PM IST).
CAS_STOPThe closing auction order-entry window has ended (randomly between 3:28 and 3:30 PM IST).

The NORMAL_OPEN, NORMAL_CLOSE, PRE_OPEN_START, PRE_OPEN_END, CLOSING_START, and CLOSING_END statuses above also apply to CAS-eligible securities.