The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on June 28, 2024, issued the notification regarding the Dummy Securities in Master Files.
The following has been stated namely: -
• In the continuous endeavour to optimize and strengthen the trading platform, Exchange shall perform internal order/trade activity every trading day before start of market hours as part of pre-market sanity checks.
• Dummy securities shall be incorporated in security master files viz security_slb.txt. Securities having the last 7 characters of its symbol as "NSETEST" shall be identified as dummy securities for this purpose.
• The inclusion of dummy securities/symbols in securitymaster files are purely intended for internal testing of the Exchange, hence, market participants shall ignore receipt of any such data in the form of report/feed/broadcast.
• The above change shall be effective in live from the trade date of July 08, 2024, and shall be effective until further notice
[Notification No. NSE/SLBS/62665]
