Sensex, Nifty holiday: Are stock markets open for trading today?
The stock market is closed today, Thursday, May 1, 2025, due to Maharashtra Day. This is a public holiday in the state of Maharashtra to mark the formation of the state. Since the main exchanges of the stock market, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE), and the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) are all located in Mumbai, trading activities across these platforms have been suspended for the day.This market holiday comes at a time when Dalal Street has seen a pause in its upward run. The Sensex and Nifty have ended slightly lower in the last two trading sessions. This has happened despite strong foreign investment inflows and some improvement in global market trends.However, tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack have affected investor confidence and weighed on market sentiment. With trading closed today, investors and traders are getting a short break before markets reopen tomorrow.As per the trading holiday list published on the BSE's official website (bseindia.com), trading has been suspended today in several segments. These include the Equity Segment, Equity Derivative Segment, and the Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) Segment. In addition, there will be no trading activity in the Currency Derivatives Segment, NDS-RST, and the Tri-Party Repo segment.On the Multi Commodity Exchange and the Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) Segment, trading will remain closed during the morning session between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.However, it will resume in the evening session which starts at 5:00 PM. This means that while regular market activity is shut for most of the day, commodity trading can still take place later in the evening.May 1 is the only stock market holiday for the month of May 2025. Investors should take note that there are no other holidays this month and regular trading will continue from Friday, May 2. Looking ahead, there are also no market holidays in the months of June and July 2025, so investors can expect uninterrupted trading during this period.The next stock market holiday will be on August 15, 2025, on account of Independence Day. Another holiday in August is scheduled for August 27 due to Ganesh Chaturthi.In October 2025, there are three market holidays. These fall on October 2 for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra, October 21 for Diwali, and October 22 for Diwali Balipratipada.November has one market holiday on November 5 for Prakash Gurpurb, and the final market holiday of the year will be on December 25 for Christmas.Investors are advised to check the full list of stock market holidays for 2025 on the official websites of BSE and NSE. The list is available under the 'Trading Holidays' section on the top bar of the BSE website.
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