Stock Market Holiday In April 2025: NSE, BSE To Remain Close Today On Good Friday? Check Status – News18
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Stock Market Holiday Today: The Indian stock market is closed today, April 18, for Good Friday. NSE, BSE, and MCX will not have trading sessions. There are 14 stock market holidays in 2025.
Stock Market Holiday: Market will close on April 18
Share Market Holiday Today: Indian stock market is closed today, April 18, on account of Good Friday, offering traders a much-needed long weekend break after weeks of high volatility. The NSE and BSE will remain closed. Trading will cease in all segments such as equities, equity derivatives, SLB (Securities Lending and Borrowing), and currency derivatives.
Both morning and evening sessions of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will be closed tomorrow.
Market will open next week on Monday as Good Friday holiday is being followed by Saturday and Sunday, which are permanent holidays.
There are 14 stock market holidays in 2025, and with Good Friday being today, eight more non-trading days remain for the year except weekends.
Here’s a quick look at the upcoming market holidays:
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
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.
