Stock Market Holiday 2025: The Indian stock market will be closed on May 1st, Thursday, for trading due to the celebration of Maharashtra Day and May Day. Sensex and Nifty witnessed a broadly mixed trend with lacklustre demand on April 30th. However, the start of FY26 emerged strong with both Sensex and Nifty rising by 5-6% in April month.
Stock Market Holidays 2025:
As per the holiday list on BSE and NSE, the market will be closed for trading on May 1st due to Maharashtra Day. Both the exchanges have headquarters in Mumbai, and hence, they follow the state holiday.
That being said, on Thursday, trading will be closed in equity, equity derivatives, derivatives, bonds, commodities, and currency markets. Also, the settlement of market-related instruments will be closed on Thursday.
What Is Maharashtra Day?
Maharashtra Day is a major holiday for the people of Marathi. It is a state holiday and is also referred to as Maharashtra Din popularly. May 1st commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra in the country, right from separating the Bombay State on 1 May 1960.
Maharashtra Day is commonly associated with parades political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history and traditions of Maharashtra. It is celebrated to commemorate the creation of a Marathi-speaking state of Maharashtra, as per Wikipedia.
Sensex, Nifty:
On April 30th, Sensex closed at 80,242.24, down by 46.14 points or 0.06%, while Nifty 50 dipped by 1.75 points to end at 24,334.20. However, in the overall April 2025 month, Sensex outperformed its counterpart, with gains of a whopping 4,217.73 points or 5.55%, and Nifty 50 zoomed by 1,168.50 points or 5.04%.
Meanwhile, overall foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned buyers in April month with an inflow of Rs 2,735.02 crore in Indian equities, making it the second consecutive monthly buying. Coming to domestic institutional investors, DIIs continued to make strong buying in Indian stocks with an inflow of Rs 28,228.45 crore in April 2025. However, DII buying was lower compared to the inflow of Rs 37,585.68 crore in March 2025.
"The broad market performed well this month, driven by reduced tariff risks, a potential US-India trade deal, and strong FII inflows. However, momentum is being capped by rising tensions between India and Pakistan and muted Q4 results. This negative bias is expected to persist in the near term, but the long-term outlook remains positive due to the minimal financial impact of the conflict. Consequently, any market consolidation is likely to be used as an investment opportunity," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, at Geojit Investments.
For the coming days, Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research, at Kotak Securities said, "We believe that as long as the market trades below 24,450/80500, the weak sentiment is likely to continue. On the downside, the market could retest the 24,000/79300 level. Further downward movement may also continue, potentially dragging the index to 23,900/79000. On the flip side, a dismissal of the 24,450/80500 level could change the sentiment. Above this level, the market could move up to 24,600-24700/81000-81300."
Meanwhile, the USDINR decreased 0.6108 or 0.72% to 84.5613 on Wednesday, April 30 from 85.1721 in the previous trading session. Historically, the USD INR reached an all-time high of 88.10 in February of 2025, as per Trading Economics.
In April month, gold prices in India jumped by at least 5.5% across 24 carats, 22 carats, and 18 carats.
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