What is mock trading? Why is there a movement in stock prices when the market is closed?

What is mock trading? Why is there a movement in stock prices when the market is closed?

Mock trading sessions are generally conducted by stock exchanges to test the performance of their systems to enable flawless trading.

The mock trading is scheduled on the first Saturday of the month for commodity derivatives, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, and equity segments.

Your holdings or position value is displayed as per the mock-trading prices. Due to this, you may see incorrect prices on the Market watch and also incorrect positions or holdings value.

However, at the end of the session, Friday's closing will be updated.

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