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title: check_if_open
description: SEO metadata for a Python function 'check_if_open' within OpenBB-finance's
  OpenBBTerminal. This function checks if a particular market (Bursa) is open for
  trading.
keywords:
- OpenBB-finance
- Stocks
- Trading hours
- Bursa
- Check market open
- Source code
- pandas
- Exchange
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Check if market open helper function

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/stocks/tradinghours/bursa_model.py#L156)]

```python
openbb.stocks.th.check_if_open(bursa: pd.DataFrame, exchange: str)
```

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## Parameters

This function does not take any parameters.

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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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