Indian inventory markets will stay closed on Friday, April 18, 2025, on account of Good Friday, a nationwide holiday noticed in a number of elements of the nation. Both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will droop all buying and selling exercise for the day.
The closure will apply throughout all segments together with equities, fairness derivatives, forex derivatives, and the Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) platform. In addition to the fairness markets, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) can even stay shut for the whole day. This contains each the morning session from 9:00 am to five:00 pm and the night session from 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm, based on MCX web site.
As a outcome, there can be no buying and selling in commodities corresponding to gold, silver, crude oil, or agricultural futures on April 18. Trading throughout all exchanges will resume on Monday, April 21, following the weekend.
Good Friday marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and is noticed as a solemn day by Christians around the globe. It is without doubt one of the 14 scheduled buying and selling holidays within the Indian inventory market calendar for 2025.
According to the NSE’s holiday calendar, the remaining inventory market holidays for the 12 months embrace May 1 (Maharashtra Day), August 15 (Independence Day), August 27 (Ganesh Chaturthi), October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti), October 21 (Diwali Laxmi Pujan), October 22 (Diwali Balipratipada), November 5 (Prakash Gurpurab), and December 25 (Christmas).