Stock market holidays: BSE, NSE to see 3 buying and selling holidays in subsequent 8 periods. Check particulars
Stock market holidays: Indian stock market traders are prone to get a respite from the turbulence underway on Dalal Street, with the inventory exchanges slated to stay shut in three out of the subsequent eight buying and selling periods to mark totally different holidays.
There are two holiday-shortened weeks within the Indian inventory market to mark the events of Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday.
The first vacation will fall this week on Thursday, March 26, on account of Shri Ram Navami. Meanwhile, the subsequent week will see solely three buying and selling periods with a protracted weekend resulting from a vacation on Friday.
On Tuesday, March 31, each BSE and NSE are closed for Shri Mahavir Jayanti and on Friday, April 3, the exchanges will stay closed for Good Friday.
Stock market holidays in 2026
There are 16 stock market holidays this yr, with three already noticed up to now. After the upcoming three holidays, the market will probably be shut for buying and selling on 10 different events within the subsequent 9 months.
After Good Friday, April will see one other market vacation on April 14 for Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. Meanwhile, in May, each BSE and NSE will probably be shut for 2 days. After June, the subsequent vacation will fall immediately in September.
Lastly, markets will shut on two days in October and November and as soon as in December.
Upcoming Stock Market Holidays
| Sr. No | Date | Day | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26-Mar-2026 | Thursday | Shri Ram Navami |
| 2 | 31-Mar-2026 | Tuesday | Shri Mahavir Jayanti |
| 3 | 03-Apr-2026 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 4 | 14-Apr-2026 | Tuesday | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 5 | 01-May-2026 | Friday | Maharashtra Day |
| 6 | 28-May-2026 | Thursday | Bakri Id |
| 7 | 26-Jun-2026 | Friday | Muharram |
| 8 | 14-Sep-2026 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 9 | 02-Oct-2026 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 10 | 20-Oct-2026 | Tuesday | Dussehra |
| 11 | 10-Nov-2026 | Tuesday | Diwali – Balipratipada |
| 12 | 24-Nov-2026 | Tuesday | Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev |
| 13 | 25-Dec-2026 | Friday | Christmas |
Stock market this month
Benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50, are witnessing sharp gyrations amid the evolving narrative across the Middle East battle in March.
Crude oil costs have spiked sharply this month by nearly 60% amid the power provide disruptions following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the assault on oil infrastructure within the Middle East international locations. This would not bode nicely for oil-import-dependent India because it threatens to weigh on the financial system and India Inc earnings.
Meanwhile, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have resorted to heavy promoting stress with ₹105,029 crore outflows seen this month up to now.
Against this backdrop, the Nifty 50 has final 9% in March and stays on observe for the worst month-to-month fall since 2020.
