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Stock Market Holiday: The Indian stock market will be closed on May 1, 2025. Both BSE and NSE in Mumbai will observe the holiday. MCX will be closed for the morning session.
Indian stock market holiday tomorrow: BSE, NSE to be closed on May 1, 2025 for Maharashtra Day
Stock Market Holiday May 1, 2025: The Indian stock market will observe a holiday on Thursday, May 1, 2025, due to Maharashtra Day, commemorating the formation of Maharashtra in 1960. Consequently, there will be no trading activity across all segments, including equity and derivatives, on this date.
Both the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be closed for the holiday as they are located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Additionally, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will observe the holiday for its morning session from 9 am to 5 pm, but the evening session from 5 pm to 11:55 pm will continue as usual.
In 2025, there are a total of 14 stock market holidays. With May 1 marking Maharashtra Day, seven more non-trading days remain for the year.
Upcoming market holidays include:
May 1: Maharashtra Day
August 15: Independence Day
August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi
October 2: Gandhi Jayanti
October 21: Diwali Laxmi Pujan (Evening Muhurat trading likely)
October 22: Diwali Balipratipada
November 5: Gurpurab (Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev Ji) –
December 25: Christmas
Bank Holiday On May 01
Additionally, banks in cities such as Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, and Thiruvananthapuram will be closed on May 1, according to the RBI’s holiday list for May.
Stock Market Timings
Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:
A) Pre-open session
Order entry & modification Open: 09:00 hrs
Order entry & modification Close: 09:08 hrs
B) Regular trading session
Normal / Limited Physical Market Open: 09:15 hrs
Normal / Limited Physical Market Close: 15:30 hrs
C) Closing Session
The Closing Session is held between 15.40 hrs and 16.00 hrs
D) Block Deal Session Timings:
Morning Window: This window shall operate between 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM.
