Stock Market Holidays 2025: Sensex and Nifty are entering a 3-trading session week from April 14 to April 20th. That is because the market will be closed for at least four days, including the weekend default holiday. Other reasons for trading holidays are Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti and Good Friday. Last week, Sensex and Nifty closed around 75,150 and 22,820 levels, with weekly performance in red.
Stock Market Holidays:
April 15, Ambedkar Jayanti:
As per BSE and NSE holidays, the stock market will be closed on April 14, due to Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. Hence, trading will not be applicable in equity, equity derivatives, SLB, forex and other market-related instruments.
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, is widely revered as one of the architects of the Indian Constitution. A man of immense stature and many facets, he was also a renowned political leader, eminent jurist, Buddhist activist, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, orator, writer, economist, scholar and editor. Dr Ambedkar fought to eradicate social evils like untouchability and for the rights of the Dalits and other socially backward classes throughout his life, as per PIB.
He was born on April 14, 1981, and this date is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti.
April 15, April 16, April 17:
The market will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for trading.
April 18, Good Friday:
Trading will be closed on April 18th, which is a Friday, due to honouring of Good Friday.
Good Friday, also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary (Golgotha). It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum, as per Wikipedia.
April 19, April 20:
Both of these days fall on Saturday and Sunday, which are market holidays by default.
Sensex, Nifty:
Last week, on April 11th, Sensex closed at 75,157.26, higher by 1310.11 points or 1.77%. While Nifty 50 ended at 22,828.55, higher by 429.40 points or 1.92%. Overall, the weekly performance was down by nearly 1% each.
Vinod Nair, Head of Research, at Geojit Investments Limited said, the Indian market finally closed with a positive bias after a very volatile week, aided by an unexpected pause on reciprocal tariffs by the US providing relief in the midst of uncertainty. Sectors like IT, metals, and capital goods saw a relief rally in expectation of an improvement in the near-term outlook. However, the intensity of the US-China trade war will be crucially viewed by the market, which can have the potential to offset the impact of the current pause on trade tariffs on other emerging markets. On the other hand, the market has entered the result season with a subdued expectation. The initial results from the IT major acknowledge the impact of trade tensions and expect a delay in discretionary spending.
For the week ahead, Nair added, "The focus will be on the outcome of the ongoing bilateral trade negotiations between India and the US, which will add more colour to the trade potential of the domestic market. The supportive domestic environment with an ease in interest rates and a benign inflation trajectory is encouraging investors to have a balanced portfolio to aid for a better risk-reward in the long term. Looking ahead, we expect inflation is likely to moderate further on account of cooling food prices and would give room for RBI to remain accommodative. We expect caution is likely to prevail due to the holiday-led truncated week."
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