Stock market holiday: BSE, NSE closed on account of Republic Day

Stock market closed today: The BSE and National Stock Exchange will remain closed on Friday, January 26, on account of India’s 75th Republic Day.

Trading in the equity derivative segment, equity segment, the SLB segment and the currency derivatives segment as well as the interest rate derivatives segment will remain suspended through the day.

The Multi Commodity of India Limited (MCX) is also closed for morning trading on January 26.

Trading on both the stock exchanges — NSE and BSE — will resume on Monday, January 29.

In the coming months of 2024, the market will be closed on March 8 on the occasion of Mahashivratri, March 25 on the occasion of Holi, and March 29 to mark Good Friday. There are two market holidays the following month as well — on April 11 for Id-Ul-Fitr and April 17 for Shri Ram Navmi.

In the previous session on January 25, the benchmark Sensex declined by 359 points while Nifty 50 closed below the 21,400 level due to selling in IT shares and continuous foreign fund outflows.

The 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 359.64 points or 0.51% to settle at 70,700.67. The index opened lower and plunged further 741.27 points or 1.04% to hit a low of 70,319.04 in day trade.

Among Sensex shares, Tech Mahindra fell by over 6% after the company reported a 60% decline in net profit to ₹510.4 crore in the December quarter. Bharti Airtel, ITC, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Nestle, Tata Steel, and Maruti were among the other major laggards.