The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain closed for public holidays on 15 weekdays in 2023. While there are 19 public holidays in total, four of them fall on weekends when the country’s stock markets remain closed. for trade.
There are no weekday holidays in February and July, but there is one in January, May, June, August, September and December. BSE and NSE are each closed for two weekdays in March, October and November of this calendar year. In April, the month with the highest number of vacation days, the country’s stock market is closed on three weekdays. In the 2022 calendar year, the stock markets were closed for 13 days.
The only stock market holiday in the month of January is on Thursday, January 26, due to the 73rd Republic Day of India.
February has no public holidays that fall on a weekday. However, Mahashivratri, which falls on Saturday, falls on February 18 this year.
NSE and BSE will remain closed on Tuesday 7 March due to Holi. The other holiday in March is Ram Navmi on Thursday, March 30.
The stock markets in India are closed for three days in April. The first holiday of the month is on April 4, a Tuesday, due to Mahavir Jayanti. Three days later, on April 7, the markets remain closed for Good Friday. The Friday a week later on April 14 will be a holiday marking Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. Another holiday in April is the Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id), which falls on the 22nd of the month – a Saturday.
Monday 1 May, Maharashtra Day, is the only public holiday in the month of 2023.
The next weekday holiday is about a month away, on Wednesday, June 28 for Bakr Id. This is the only holiday in June.
No weekday will be a public holiday in the month of July, which has a single public holiday falling on the 29th, a Saturday, on the occasion of Moharram.
The 76th Independence Day, which falls on Tuesday, August 15, is the only weekday holiday in the month of July.
Like August, September also has only one public holiday that falls on a weekday: Ganesh Chaturthi on Tuesday, September 19.
In October, the markets are closed for two days due to Gandhi Jayanti on Monday, October 2 and Dussehra on Tuesday, October 24.
There are a total of three public holidays in November, one of which falls on a Sunday. This is the holiday for Laxmi Puja on November 12. The NSE and BSE are closed on Tuesday, November 14 for Diwali Balipratipada, Monday and November 27 for Gurunanak Jayanti.
The only holiday in December is Christmas, which falls on Monday, December 25 next year.
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