BSE Holiday List 2020

News About BSE Holiday

• BSE announces list of market holidays for 2020

  The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday announced its list of market holidays for 2020. As per the list, the exchange shall remain closed for a total of 12 days in the year due to various festivals. The first holiday for 2020 falls on February 21 when the country will be celebrating Mahashivaratri. It will be followed by festivals like Holi, Ram Navami, and Mahavir Jayanti. Due to the holidays, there shall be a total of 9 long weekends in 2020 as the holiday falls either on a Monday or Friday. Seven festivals fall on weekends in 2020. They are – Republic day, Bakri ID, Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Muharram, Dussehra, and Diwali/Laxmi Puja. The exchange shall be doing the Muharat trading on November 14 (Saturday). The timings for the same shall be informed by the exchange before Diwali. It must be noted here that the holiday are valid for the equity, equity derivatives, and security lending and borrowing (SLB) segments.

  

  11 December 2019

• Trading holiday to be observed on 21 October following the Maharashtra Assembly election

  National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will observe a trading holiday on 21st October following the Maharashtra Assembly election scheduled on the date.

  Trading holiday was announced for capital markets, currency derivatives and F&O segment, due to which equity, debt, commodity and currency markets will remain shut on the concerned date.

  However, the commodity derivative segment will be opened for the evening session at 5 PM.

  Earlier on Friday, the Sensex closed 246.32 points higher at 39,298.38, while broader Nifty settled 75.50 points higher at 11,661.85.

  

  21 October 2019

• Stock Market Closed on Account of Eid-ul-Fitr

  The stock market was closed today on account of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramazan. Trading of stocks will commence from Thursday when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will announce its decision on interest rates later this week. Yesterday, the BSE S&P Sensex had settled 184 points lower compared to its previous close at 40,084 while the Nifty 50 declined by 67 points to 12,022. The slack in the Indian economy during January to March quarter has increased the prospects of a rate cut by the RBI. With inflation muted at 2.92% in April, investors are looking forward to a cut in the repo rate by 50 basis points to stimulate private investments and consumer spending. Meanwhile, Asian shares followed Wall Street’s rally yesterday after the US central bank comments indicated to inclining prospects of a cut in interest rates. The development raised investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei rose nearly by 2% and Chinese shares also rebounded. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng too increased over 0.5%.  

  

  5 June 2019

• Nifty, Sensex to Remain Closed Today for Lok Sabha Elections in Mumbai

  NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex along with forex and bond, and commodity markets will remain closed today on 29 April 2019, for Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai. A circular by NSE on 26 March 2019 informed that 29 April 2019 has been declared a trading holiday on account of Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai. The Parliamentary Elections will be conducted in seven phases, beginning on 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 and the counting of votes will take place on 23 May 2019. Meanwhile, the Indian equity markets continued to consolidate for the fourth consecutive week as Nifty managed to gain marginally. Markets were influenced by the crude oil price in the global market and weakening rupee against the US dollar. International benchmark Brent Crude oil futures, that had declined to nearly $50 per barrel is now around $75. Brent crude prices have increased by more than 35% in this year so far, while the Indian currency continued to weaken and touched a six-week low of against the US dollar. 

  

  29 April 2019

• BSE and NSE closed on Friday

  The financial markets will remain closed on Friday due to the occasion of Good Friday. As per reports, the rupee closed at 69.71 per dollar. The 10-year benchmark bond yield closed at 7.54%. 

  The benchmark BSE index ended up 0.95% at a record closing high of 39,275.64. Earlier, the markets were closed on Wednesday due to Mahavir Jayanti. 

  

  19 April 2019

• BSE, NSE To Extend Trading Hours on Dhanteras

  The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be extending trading in gold ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and sovereign gold bonds on Dhanteras this year, they have announced. The festival of Dhanteras, which falls on 5th November this year, is considered an auspicious time to buy and invest in gold.

  The exchanges will commence the special trading session at 4:30 pm and live trading in gold will continue till 7:00 pm on 5th November, 2018.

  Gold ETFs track the yellow metal’s prices and one unit of an ETF is approximately equal to one gram of gold. Sovereign gold bonds meanwhile are a government-issued securities alternative to owning physical gold.

  

  5 November 2018

• Indian markets remain closed on Thursday on account of Muharram

  The stock, foreign exchange and debt markets are closed on Thursday on account of Muharram. On Wednesday, the partially convertible INR closed at 72.37 per dollar against its Tuesday’s close of 72.97. On Wednesday, the benchmark 10-year yield closed Wednesday at 8.07% against its earlier close of 8.14%. The broader Nifty index closed down by 0.39% at 11,234.35 and at the same time, the benchmark Sensex closed down 0.45% at 37,121.22.

  

  21 September 2018