Stock market holidays: investors are likely to get a respite from the turbulence underway on Dalal Street, with the stock exchanges slated to remain shut in three out of the next eight trading sessions to mark different holidays.
There are two holiday-shortened weeks in the Indian stock market to mark the occasions of Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday.
The first holiday will fall this week on Thursday, March 26, on account of Shri Ram Navami. Meanwhile, the next week will see only three trading sessions with a long weekend due to a holiday on Friday.
On Tuesday, March 31, both BSE and are closed for Shri Mahavir Jayanti and on Friday, April 3, the exchanges will remain closed for Good Friday.
Stock market holidays in 2026
There are 16 this year, with three already observed so far. After the upcoming three holidays, the market will be shut for trading on 10 other occasions in the next nine months.
After Good Friday, April will see another market holiday on April 14 for Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. Meanwhile, in May, both BSE and NSE will be shut for two days. After June, the next holiday will fall directly in September.
Lastly, markets will close on two days in October and November and once in December.
Stock market this month
Benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50, are witnessing sharp gyrations amid the evolving narrative around the Middle East conflict in March.
Crude oil prices have spiked sharply this month by almost 60% amid the energy supply disruptions following the closure of the and the attack on oil infrastructure in the Middle East countries. This doesn’t bode well for oil-import-dependent India as it threatens to weigh on the economy and India Inc earnings.
Meanwhile, (FIIs) have resorted to heavy selling pressure with ₹105,029 crore outflows seen this month so far.
Against this backdrop, the Nifty 50 has last 9% in March and remains on track for the worst monthly fall since 2020.