Stock Market Holidays 2025: As the month of May is less than two weeks from completion, there are no special trading holidays on BSE and NSE. Hence, the Indian stock market will be open on all five days from May 19 to May 23rd. However, the market will practice its usual trading holiday on weekends which will fall on May 24th and May 25th.
Stock Market Holidays:
For the month of May 2025, there are 10 holidays for the Indian stock market, however, only one of them was a special holiday. The market was closed on May 1st due to Maharashtra Day. Apart from this, the nine holidays are due to the weekend.
The dates of the weekend holidays are --- May 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, and May 31st. Hence, only three more holidays are left for the market in May 2025.
Accordingly, trading will be available in equities, equity derivatives, derivatives, commodities, bonds, and currencies among others from May 19-23.
There are two special occasions coming up namely birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Maharana Pratap Jayanti on May 26 and May 29. Banks in several cities will be closed on these two days. But the stock market will be still open for trading on these days.
Last week, on May 16th, Sensex closed at 82,330.59, down by 200.15 points or 0.24%. This comes after the 30-scrip benchmark neared 82,515 levels.
Meanwhile, Nifty 50 ended Friday at 25,019.80, marginally down by 42.30 points or 0.17%. The benchmark touched its highest weekly level of 25,070.
On last week's performance, Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments said, the Indian equity markets opened the week on a strong note, buoyed by the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between two nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan. This pivotal development swiftly dispelled a cloud of geopolitical uncertainty that had weighed on investor sentiment, triggering a wave of optimism across the markets. The week proved to be spectacular, with major indices posting their strongest single-day gains in over four years. Key sectors such as defence, NBFCs, and automobiles significantly outperformed the broader market, driven by renewed investor confidence in an improving business outlook.
Stock Market Weekly Outlook:
Going ahead, Nair said, adding to the bullish sentiment, markets are also factoring in the potential resolution of other major geopolitical conflicts and easing trade disruptions, which could further support global equity markets. Both FIIs and DIIs have been consistently buying into the market, reinforcing the upward trajectory.
"Global investors displayed a heightened risk appetite, shifting capital away from traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and U.S. Treasuries, reflecting a renewed sense of market confidence," Nair said.
On the macroeconomic front, he said, India received a boost from favourable inflation data, which marked the lowest reading in six years. Expectations of a normal monsoon season, which bodes well for agricultural output, along with declining crude oil prices, are expected to continue exerting downward pressure on inflation. A softer inflation outlook provides the RBI with room to maintain its accommodative monetary policy stance, including potential interest rate cuts to further stimulate economic growth. Looking ahead, investors will closely monitor upcoming Indian PMI data and U.S. jobless claims to assess the momentum of economic recovery both domestically and globally.
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