Kathmandu, April 16 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) will now allow investors to place buy and sell orders at any time, following a revision of securities trading regulations.

Until now, orders could only be placed during market hours, from 11am to 3pm. Under the amended Securities Trading Operation Regulations, 2018, investors will be able to place orders outside trading hours, though execution will still take place only when the market is open.

The changes were forwarded by Nepse after updating the framework, and later approved with revisions by the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon). However, the new system is yet to be implemented as Nepse has not issued the required operational directive.

The revised rules also reshape market sa...