2 weeks Ago
Ahead of the beginning of October, stock market traders and investors need to be aware of the stock market holidays next month. Both Indian stock exchanges, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), will remain shut on 2 October to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Additionally, the market holiday calendar on the NSE website identified another stock market holiday: Dusshehra on 12 October.
However, the said date falls on Saturday. Indian Stock markets remain closed on all Saturdays and Sundays of the month. There are a few exceptional cases which are notified in advance.
According to the Bombay Stock Exchange's website, trading in the equity, equity derivative, currency, SLB, commodity, and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segments will remain closed on October 2. The National Stock Exchange's holiday calendar has notified 2 and 12 October as holidays for equities. List of stock market holidays in 2024 October 2, 2024 - Gandhi Jayanti November 1, 2024 - Diwali November 15, 2024 - Guru Nanak Jayanti December 25, 2024 - Christmas Indian stock markets at an all-time high Indian stock market indices continued their stellar run last week.
Benchmark indicesSensex and Nifty 50 broke all-time records and settled at a promising mark on Friday. Nifty 50 touched an all-time-high mark of 26,277 on Friday. However, it settled 37 points or 0.
14 per cent lower at 26,179 later in the day. Sensex reached an all-time-high mark of 85978.25 during the Friday trading hours after settling 264.
27 points or 0.31 per cent lower at 85,571.85.
Last week also witnessed Sensex surpassing the remarkable 85,000 mark which is seen as a significant milestone by market traders and experts. The achievement has also unlocked another phase of the benchmark index and brightened the prospect of reaching the coveted 1 lakh (1,00,000) mark..
