Stock Market Holiday In August 2026: NSE & BSE To Be SHUT For 10 Days This Month; Check Full List

Full list of Stock market holidays in August

Trading across the equity, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, and Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) segments will be suspended on the following days:
August 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, and 30, all of which are Saturdays or Sundays.

Will the Stock Market be Closed on Independence Day?

Usually, Independence Day is a stock market holiday but that will not be the case this year. August 15 is falling on a Saturday in 2026, a day markets are shut anyway for the weekend, so there is no separate exchange-declared holiday on Independence Day

Next Major Stock Market Holiday

Since there are no exchange-notified holidays this month, the next major stock market holidays will be seen in September or October, where festival closures for occasions like Ganesh Chaturthi or Dussehra will take place.

Diwali Lakshmi Pujan also falls on a Sunday this year, on November 8, and will not disrupt the trading week either, though it will still see the customary one-hour Muhurat Trading session conducted for the occasion.

Stock market performance last week

Equity benchmark indices ended last week positively, recovering after a rough patch earlier in the month. Sensex closed 166 points higher up 0.2%, gaining for the third straight session, while Nifty 50 closed 66 points higher up 0.2%)ending above the 24,350 mark.

The week began with a sharp rebound on July 27, snapping a five-day losing streak on strong earnings and a pullback in crude oil prices, before edging slightly lower on July 28. The market consolidated on July 29 despite mixed global cues, led by gains in Jio Financial, HUL, and Infosys.

The Sensex closed the week near the 78,000 mark, and the Nifty held above 24,350, with foreign institutional investors turning net buyers for three straight sessions, even as domestic institutional investors turned sellers. Auto and financial stocks, led by Bajaj Finance and Mahindra & Mahindra, were among the standout gainers for the week, while IT majors such as TCS and Infosys were the biggest drags.