Eid-ul-Fitr 2025 Stock Market Holiday: Will the BSE and NSE be closed today or tomorrow?

Stock Market Holiday – Despite the possibility of reciprocal tariffs, the Indian stock market ended FY25 well. In light of the approaching Trump tariff deadline, the share market appears to have scored a five percent gain, according to recent data. There is a lot of doubt over the effects of the trade policies that Donald Trump implemented during his second term in office, but Eid-ul-Fitr is causing a lot of joy.

There won’t be any trading in the currency derivatives area in addition to the share market.

Unlike many festivals that have a fixed schedule and date, the timing of Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations remains uncertain due to the sighting of the crescent moon. This year, there was significant speculation regarding when Eid will be celebrated in India. While some say the festival will fall on March 31, others believe it will be on April 1, 2025. However, the crescent moon was sighted on Sunday evening and India will be celebrating Eid today

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Investors were also perplexed by the National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) trading schedules amid this ambiguity. The market holiday for this festival has a set schedule, even if the moon sighting and the decision to celebrate Eid came much later on Sunday.(Stock Market Holiday)

The Indian stock exchanges will be closed today, March 31, in observance of Eid-ul-Fitr, according to the NSE and BSE vacation calendars. On Monday, the currency futures segment will also be closed, in addition to the share market.

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What was the performance of the stock market at the last close?

After the last trading session ended on Friday, March 28, the market closed down. The Sensex ended the day at 77,414.92, down 191.51 points, or 0.25 percent. The Nifty fell 72.60 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 23,519.35.

IndusInd Bank experienced the most decline of any Sensex stock, dropping 3.57% to close at ₹649.55. Following this were HCL Technologies, which closed at ₹1,590.95, down 2.20 percent, and Mahindra & Mahindra, which was down 2.45 percent, finishing at ₹2,666.35.(Stock Market Holiday)

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank closed Thursday’s close at ₹673.60, up 2.68 percent, the second-highest gain.

Due to Eid-ul-Fitr, the stock market will not be open on Monday, March 31. Even the currency futures section is closed on Monday, aside from stocks. However, the commodities derivatives segment will be open throughout the evening session, from 5 p.m. until 11:30 or 11:55 p.m.

The “festival of the breaking of the fast,” or Eid-ul-Fitr, is observed at the conclusion of Ramadan. Since the crescent moon was sighted on Sunday, signaling the end of the month-long Ramadan period, India is celebrating Eid on Monday.

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Of the thirty Sensex stocks, eleven were up.

The PSU Bank Index experienced the largest increase of 2.50 percent among the Nifty sectoral indices, rising to 6,296.15. The Nifty Oil & Gas Index, which was up 1.36 percent to 10,552.85, and Nifty Media, which was up 1.52 percent to 1,509.90, came next.

The Media Index dropped 2.29 percent, to 1,475.25, the most of any of the Nifty sectoral indices. Next in line were the Nifty IT, which down 1.76 percent to 36,886.15, and the Nifty Realty Index, which fell 1.42% to 851.30.

On the other hand, the Media Index saw the biggest increase, rising 2.50% to close at 6,296.15.

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Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) became net buys, buying a difference of ₹7,646.49 crore worth of stocks, while foreign institutional investors (FIIs) became net sellers of ₹4,352.82 crore worth of stocks.

Securities lending and borrowing (SLB), currency markets, derivatives, equities, and electronic gold receipts (EGR) are all closed on this holiday. Traders ought to modify their trading plans appropriately.