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The stock market in India will be closed on April 18, 2025, in observance of Good Friday. Good Friday is a solemn day marking the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It is a gazetted holiday in several Indian states.
Therefore, many government organisations, banks, public institutions, and schools will remain closed today. According to information available on the official websites of NSE (National Stock Exchange) and BSE (erstwhile Bombay Stock Exchange), trading in equities and derivatives will be suspended today. Not just the equities and derivatives, trading in the Currency Derivatives Segments and NDS-RST and Tri-Party Repo will remain closed today too.
Similarly, the information shared by the exchanges shows that the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will also remain closed for the entire day on Good Friday, i.e. for both the morning session (9:00 am to 5:00 pm) and the evening session (5:00 pm to 11:30 pm).
The stock markets will now remain closed on these days: Maharashtra Day, Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra, Diwali Laxmi Puja, Diwali-Balipratipada, Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev, and Christmas. Meanwhile, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty registered their fourth day of rally on Thursday as investors turned buoyant after foreign investors returned to domestic equities. Both the benchmark indices surged nearly 2 per cent.
The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,508.91 points or 1.96 per cent to reclaim the 78,000 level.
It finally settled at 78,553.20. During the day, it soared 1,572.
48 points or 2.04 per cent to 78,616.77.
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