Stock markets in India will be functional for just three days next week amid market holidays for the rest two days. All the trading in derivatives, equities, SLBs, currency derivatives, and interest rate derivatives will remain shut for these two days next week.
The stock market holidays are notified in advance and published annually by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE.
The exchanges notified a total of three stock market holidays for the month of April 2025. The first holiday this month was observed this week on Thursday, 10th April on the occasion of Shri Mahavir Jayanti.
Next week, the stock markets will be shut for two days to observe Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti and Good Friday.
Here is a complete list of stock market holidays for this month and the rest of the year.
Date | Day | Holiday |
14-Apr-2025 | Monday | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti |
18-Apr-2025 | Friday | Good Friday |
01-May-2025 | Thursday | Maharashtra Day |
15-Aug-2025 | Friday | Independence Day / Parsi New Year |
27-Aug-2025 | Wednesday | Shri Ganesh Chaturthi |
02-Oct-2025 | Thursday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra |
21-Oct-2025 | Tuesday | Diwali Laxmi Pujan |
22-Oct-2025 | Wednesday | Balipratipada |
05-Nov-2025 | Wednesday | Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev |
25-Dec-2025 | Thursday | Christmas |
The trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week, except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the exchanges in advance.
MCX Holidays
This month, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will remain shut for both the sessions on April 18 (Good Friday).
While on April 14, the exchange will shut just for the morning session, and will resume trading in the evening session between 5:00pm - 11:30 /11:55pm. The morning session of the exchange is conducted between 09:00am - 5:00pm.
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