When Do Markets Open?

Is the stock market open on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2026?

The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India are closed on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. US markets trade as normal.

Who closes, and when

What this means for trading

BSE and NSE do not trade, so orders placed that day queue for the next session. NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX, LSE, ASX, TSE and HKEX keep normal hours that day, so global markets still price news that day.

What the market did

What that day looks like

Written Oct 21

On Friday, October 2, for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, the NSE and BSE are closed all day. The SSE is also closed that day, for its own holiday, National Day. The SSE is shut from Monday, October 5 to Wednesday, October 7 for National Day, and trades again on Thursday, October 8. The NSE and BSE trade again on Monday, October 5. On October 2, 7 tracked exchanges trade as normal, NYSE and NASDAQ among them; on October 5, 9 do; on October 8, 10 do.

AI-generated from this page's data. Informational only — not investment advice.

Every tracked exchange on Friday, October 2, 2026

Other 2026 closures