Stock market holidays: Dalal Street heads for holiday-shortened week amid Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday

Indian stock markets will remain closed on Tuesday, March 31, for Mahavir Jayanti and again on Friday, April 3, for Good Friday, giving investors a holiday-shortened trading week.Trading on the NSE and BSE will be suspended on both days across segments, including equity, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB) and other market-linked instruments. The week will therefore have only three full trading sessions on Dalal Street.The National Stock Exchange of India and BSE have both listed March 31 and April 3 as official trading holidays for Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday, respectively.The timing is also notable because March 31 marks the end of the financial year 2025-26, which means the holiday will fall on the final day of the fiscal year.Commodity traders will see a slightly different schedule.The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) will remain closed during the morning session (9 am to 5 pm) on Mahavir Jayanti, but trading will resume in the evening session from 5 pm to 11:30 pm.On Good Friday, however, MCX will remain shut for both the morning and evening sessions, in line with several global markets that also close for the occasion.The National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), meanwhile, will remain closed in both sessions on these holidays.There are 16 stock market holidays scheduled for 2026. With the two next week, several more closures are still lined up across the rest of the year.The next market holiday after Good Friday will be Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, followed by Maharashtra Day on May 1 and Bakri Id on May 28, as per the report.