BSE, NSE closed today: Indian stock markets – both BSE and NSE – will remain closed on Thursday due to Muharram. As per the BSE holiday calendar, the equity segment, equity derivatives segment and securities lending and borrowing (SLB) segment will remain closed on August 19. Trading will resume in stock exchanges from August 20.
Commodity markets will remain closed for the morning session on Thursday. Regular business will take place in the evening session as per the schedule. The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will remain closed for the first time between 9 am and 5 pm on Thursday for commodity traders. It will be open from 5 pm to 11.30 pm during the second part of the session. Similarly, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) will remain closed during the morning session from 9 am to 5 pm and will resume operations from 5 pm to 9 pm.
Last month, on July 21, the markets were closed for Bakri Eid. Thereafter, BSE and NSE will remain closed on Ganesh Chaturthi on September 10, as per the BSE holiday calendar. The stock market will be closed for 14 days in 2021.
Markets remained closed for three days in April, the highest in any month – Good Friday on April 2, Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14 and Ram Navami on April 21.
Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit new all-time highs on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex touched a high of 56,118.57. However, after touching a lifetime high, the 30-share index turned negative and settled 162.78 points or 0.29 per cent lower at 55,629.49. Kotak Bank was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, falling over 2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank. NSE’s Nifty reached a new high of 16,701.85 on August 17.
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