Stock Market Holidays 2026: Trading Status on Mahavir Jayanti

Stock Market Holidays 2026: Indian Exchanges to Remain Closed on Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday

The Indian stock market will observe a holiday on Tuesday, March 31, in observance of Mahavir Jayanti. Both the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain shut for trading on this day, marking the first of two holidays scheduled for this week. This means that the Indian stock market will operate in only three of the five trading sessions each week.

The commodity market, specifically the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), will also remain closed during the first half of Tuesday, March 31. However, operations will resume in the evening session from 5 pm to 11 pm.

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In addition to these holidays, the BSE and NSE will observe nine more trading holidays from May onwards.

The Indian stock market extended its losses for a second straight session on Monday, March 30, with both the BSE Sensex and the Nifty 50 tumbling over 2% each. The Sensex plunged 1,636 points, or 2.22%, to close at 71,947.55, while the Nifty 50 dropped 488 points, or 2.14%, to settle at 22,331.40. The decline was broad-based, with the BSE 150 Midcap and the BSE 250 Smallcap indices falling 2.51% and 2.57%, respectively. Over the past two sessions, the Sensex has recorded a cumulative decline of 3,326 points, or 4.42%, while the Nifty 50 has dropped 975 points, or 4.18%.