When will the stock market be closed for Holi? March 3 or March 4? Find out which day the NSE and BSE will be closed for trading
Exchanges initially announced 15 trading holidays in the holiday calendar, but later added January 15 as an additional holiday due to the Mumbai BMC elections. Subsequently, domestic markets were closed on January 26 for Republic Day. Equity markets remain closed on two other occasions in March: Thursday, March 26, for Sri Rama Navami and Tuesday, March 31, for Sri Mahavir Jayanti.
Indian equity markets BSE and NSE will be closed for trading on Tuesday, March 3, due to the Holi holiday. Although the exchanges have declared Tuesday a holiday, the festival of colors will be celebrated in large parts of the country on Wednesday, March 4.
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), the country's largest non-agricultural commodity exchange, will be closed for trading between 9 am and 5 pm in the morning session,
but will resume trading in the evening session from 5 pm to 11:30 pm. Meanwhile, the largest agricultural exchange, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), will be closed for both trading sessions.
Stock Market Holiday List for the Year 2026
In the holiday calendar released last year, exchanges initially announced 15 trading holidays, but later added January 15 as an additional holiday due to the Mumbai BMC elections.
Subsequently, domestic markets were closed on January 26 for Republic Day. Equity markets are closed on two other occasions in March: Thursday, March 26, for Sri Rama Navami and Tuesday, March 31, for Sri Mahavir Jayanti.
The next holiday will be on Friday, April 3, which is Good Friday. Markets will also be closed for Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, Maharashtra Day on May 1, and Bakrid on May 28.
The second half of the year includes Muharram on June 26, Ganesh Chaturthi on September 14, and Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
Dussehra is on October 20, followed by Diwali, Balipratipada on November 10, and Guru Nanak Jayanti on November 24. The last trading holiday of the year will be Christmas on December 25.
A small surprise in the circular is that there is no mention of the Diwali holiday, as it falls on a weekend (Sunday).
Muhurat trading will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2026, and the timings will be announced later. Exchanges may make changes to any of the above holidays, for which a separate circular will be issued in advance.
The stock market has been falling for two consecutive days.
If we talk about the stock market, it closed with losses for two consecutive days. While on the last trading day of last week, the Sensex saw a decline of more than 900 points, on Monday the Sensex saw a decline of more than 1000 points.
According to data, on Monday, the local stock market witnessed a sharp decline due to the increasing tension in West Asia,
affecting the investor sentiment and the BSE Sensex plunged by 1,048 points while the NSE Nifty was in the loss of 313 points. The weak trend in global markets and heavy capital outflow by foreign institutional investors also adversely affected the investor sentiment.
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 2,743.46 points, or 3.37 percent, to 78,543.73 in early trade.
It later closed down 1,048.34 points, or 1.29 percent, at 80,238.85. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty plunged 575.15 points, or 2.28 percent, to 24,603.50 during trading. It later closed down 312.95 points, or 1.24 percent, at 24,865.70. This decline cost stock market investors ₹6.59 lakh crore.
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