NSE, BSE Holiday on May 1: The Indian stock market, including the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), remains closed on national holidays and public holidays. On these days, no trading activities takes place. On May 1, the stock market will remain closed on account of Maharashtra Day.
According to the NSE holiday list 2026, there won’t be any trading in the equity, equity derivative, and SLB segments on Friday, May 1. This year, a total of 16 holidays will be observed in the country.
On Thursday, benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 per cent lower as crude oil prices, weak global trends and foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment, reports PTI.
The 30-share tumbled 582.86 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 76,913.50. During the day, it plunged 1,237.5 points, or 1.59 per cent, to 76,258.86, but recovered some of the losses in the second half of the session. The 50-share NSE Nifty dived 180.10 points or 0.74 per cent to end at 23,997.55.
Among the 30-Sensex firms, Eternal, Hindustan Unilever, , Larsen & Toubro, UltraTech Cement and Mahindra & Mahindra were the major laggards. Sun Pharma, , and Adani Ports were among the gainers.
(With PTI Inputs)
