Kamal Ghorui
With Dalal Street swinging between gains and losses, investors are wondering: will the stock market stay open on April 3 for Good Friday? As per the exchange’s official holiday calendar, the stock market will remain closed on April 3 for the occasion, offering market participants a short trading week.Keeping a track of stock market holidays helps investors to plan their trading activity accordingly. It also makes it easier to manage things like fund transfers and settlements, which depend on trading days. Overall, it helps avoid disruptions and missing opportunities. Upcoming holidays for Dalal Street:
- April 14 (Tuesday) — Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti
- May 1 (Friday) — Maharashtra Day
- May 28 (Thursday) — Bakri Id
- June 26 (Friday) — Muharram
- September 14 (Monday) — Ganesh Chaturthi
- October 2 (Friday) — Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
- October 20 (Tuesday) — Dussehra
- November 10 (Tuesday) — Diwali-Balipratipada
- November 24 (Tuesday) — Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev
- December 25 (Friday) — Christmas
Equity markets operate on all days except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the exchange. The pre-open session takes place between 09:00 hrs and 09:08 hrs, allowing orders to be placed and modified, with a random closure in the final minute before order matching begins. The main trading session for both normal and limited physical market segments runs from 09:15 hrs to 15:30 hrs. Following the close of regular trading, a closing session is held from 15:40 hrs to 16:00 hrs. Additionally, block deal transactions are conducted in two dedicated windows each trading day, the morning session from 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM and the afternoon session from 02:05 PM to 02:20 PM.
