Stock market today: The Indian stock market will remain closed today, October 2, on account of Gandhi Jayanti, hence, there will be no trading activity. As per the list of stock market holidays 2023 on the stock exchanges’ websites, trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE will be closed on Monday for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Trading in the equity segment, equity derivatives segment, and SLB segment will remain shut on Monday. As per the full list of the market holidays for 2023, there will be no action in the currency derivatives segment as well.
Stock market holidays in 2023
As per the list of stock market holidays in October 2023, after Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, the next market holiday in this month falls on October 24, Tuesday, for Dussehra. In October 2023, there will be only one stock market holiday after Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
However, in the remaining 2023, there are four more stock market holidays and those stock market holidays are Dussehra (October 24,2023), Diwali Balipratipada (November 14,2023), Gurunanak Jayanti (November 27,2023) and Christmas (December 25, 2023).
How did the stock market perform on Friday?
On Friday, the last trading day of September, the Sensex rose 320 points while the Nifty closed above the 19,600 mark. This was due to value buying in metal, financial and energy stocks, aided by positive trends in the US and European markets.
