Stock market holiday: Are NSE and BSE closed on Tuesday, March 31? Check list of holidays in April 2026

The stock markets in India are closed despite March 31 being the final day of the financial year ending 2025-26 due to Mahavir Jayanti, which is also known as Mahaveer Janma Kalyanak. Mahavir Jayanti is an important festival for the Jain community that commemorates the birth of Lord Mahavir on this day.

The benchmark indices will reopen for normal trading operations on the first day of the upcoming financial year 2026-27 on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Along with the Indian stock market, the commodity market exchange, Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX), will also witness partial closure on March 31, during the morning trading session from 9 am to 5 pm.

The MCX will reopen for trading during Tuesday’s evening market session from 5 pm to 11:30/11:55 pm, according to the exchange data. However, on Friday, MCX will remain closed for both sessions due to the Good Friday holiday.

Stock market holidays in April 2026

Later this week, the Indian stock market will also remain closed on Friday, April 3, 2026, on account of the scheduled holiday for Good Friday, according to the data collected from the official NSE market holiday list.

Apart from the Good Friday holiday this week, the stock markets will remain closed for operations again on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in observance of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti.

Stock market snapshot

The NIFTY50 closed 2.14% lower at 22,331.40 points after the final trading session for the financial year ending 2025-26 on Monday, March 30, compared to 22,819.60 points at the previous market close, according to NSE data.

While the BSE SENSEX index closed 2.22% lower at 71,947.55 points after the trading session on March 30, compared to 73,583.22 points at the previous market close, according to the exchange data.

The NIFTY50 index lost more than 5% in the financial year ending March 30, 2026, while the BSE SENSEX index lost over 7% in the same period due to the early gains being wiped out by foreign investors' exodus and the West Asia conflict.