There will be no action on Indian stock exchanges on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, on account of the Independence Day holiday. BSE and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be closed for trading. According to the BSE website, there will be no trading in Equity Segment, Equity Derivative Segment, and SLB Segment
Both the leading stock exchanges will remain shut today. This means that, including the weekly Saturday and Sunday holidays, the BSE and NSE will be working for just four days this week
The currency markets will also remain shut on Tuesday. Commodity markets will also remain closed on Thursday, for the entire day. For the commodity derivative segment as well, trading will be suspended in the morning and evening sessions
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India's first listed exchange, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), will also remain closed for trading in the morning and evening sessions
Trading in the equity, derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), and currency derivative segments on bourses BSE and NSE, along with the forex market, will resume on Wednesday, August 16, 2023
BSE has listed 15 holidays for equity, equity derivatives, and SLB segments for 2023. Eight have already taken place on Republic Day (January 26), Holi (March 7), Ram Navami (March 30), Mahavir Jayanti (April 4), Good Friday (April 7), Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), Maharashtra Day (May 1) and Bakri Id (June 28)
The remaining stock market holidays in this year include Ganesh Chaturthi, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra, Diwali Balipratipada, Guru Nanak Jayanti, and Christmas
There is only one stock market holiday in September on the 19th due to Ganesh Chaturthi. In October, Indian share market will remain closed twice on 2nd and 24th on account of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra
In November, stock exchanges will see no trading activity on the 14th and 27th on account of Diwali-Balipratipada and Gurunanak Jayanti respectively. In December, bourses will remain closed on December 25 for Christmas
Nifty and Sensex ended flat in the volatile session on Monday. The Sensex was up 79.27 points or 0.12% at 65,401.92, and the Nifty was up 6.20 points or 0.03% at 19,434.50 at closing