BSE and NSE Trading Schedules Affected by Good Friday 2026 Holiday

Indian Stock Market Remains Closed on Good Friday

The Indian stock market will remain closed on Friday, April 3, 2025, due to the observance of Good Friday. This is the second market holiday this week and the first for the month of April. The stock market holiday calendar on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) lists April 3 as a trading holiday for Good Friday.

Trading in various segments will be closed today, including the Equity Segment, Equity Derivative Segment, Currency Derivatives Segments & NDS-RST, Tri Party Repo segments, Commodity Derivatives Segment, and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) Segment. Normal trading activities will resume on Monday, April 6.

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Major global markets, including the US stock market, will also remain closed today due to the observance of the Good Friday holiday. The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the largest commodity bourse in the country, will observe a holiday in both the morning and evening sessions, resulting in the closure of trading in commodities futures such as gold, silver, copper, base metals, crude oil, and others on MCX.

There are a total of two stock market holidays in the month of April, including the Good Friday holiday today. The next stock market holiday this month will be on April 14 to mark Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. The Indian stock market will be closed for two additional days this month apart from the weekends.

This year, there are a total of 20 stock market holidays, out of which four coincide with the weekends, leaving a total of 16 days when the markets are shut for trading during the regular working days. Among these, markets have already seen five holidays.