Stock market, banks closed today: Check market holidays in rest of 2026

The stock market is closed today and there will be no trading in any segment on account of Mahavir Jayanti. Banks will also be closed in several branches for the same reason. Also check what are the other market holidays for the stock market which have fallen on weekdays.

Kolkata: The stock market will be closed today, March 31. This also happens to be the last day of the current financial year. This the third market holiday this month apart from the regular weekend holidays. If the weekend holidays are taken into account, the stock market remained closed for as many as 13 days this month — a rare phenomenon. As a result there will be no trading in any section of BSE and NSE.

Market holidays for rest of 2026

According to the calendar of holidays of BSE and NSE, the equity market will be closed on the following days for the rest of this year. These are as follows:

April 3: Friday on account of Good Friday April 14: Tuesday on account of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti May 1: Friday on account of Maharashtra Day May 28: Thursday on account of Bakri Id June 26: Friday on account of Muharram Sept 14: Monday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi Oct 2: Friday on account of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti Oct 20: Tuesday on account of Dussehra Nov 10: Tuesday on account of Diwali-Balipratipada Nov 24: Tuesday on account of Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev Dec 25: Friday on account of Christmas

Apart from the above, a few holidays have coincided with weekends. Therefore, the market will not be separately closed to observe those days. These holidays for the rest of the year consist of August 15 which is a Saturday and Nob 8 is a Sunday when Diwali, Laxmi Puja will be held. Muhurat Trading will be conducted on Nov 8, for which the timing will be communicated later.

Banks in the country will be closed in several state today. It has been communicated that some specific branches of banks handling government business will remain open for year-end transactions. However, as usual, all digital banking services will remain open round the clock. Also, the neigbourhood ATM will be offer uninterrupted service. Banks will be closed in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

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Avijit Ghosal has been writing on topics of business, industry and investment for the past three decades. He also writes on the broad economy, infrastructure and issues in banking. He has worked for economic dailies such as the Business Standard, The Economic Times, business magazines such as Business Today, English broadsheet the Hindustan Times and Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika before joining TV9 Network.

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