Market Holiday today: NSE, BSE to remain shut today on account of Dussehra

Market Holiday today: On account of Dussehra (Vijaydashmi) festival, the Indian markets will remain shut on Wednesday, 5 October 2022.

The trading activity on BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain closed for the entire session on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, according to the information available on the exchanges’ website.

There will be no action in the Equity Segment, Equity Derivative Segment and SLB Segment on Wednesday, according to the list of stock market holidays for 2022 on the official website of BSE.

Besides, Currency Derivatives Segment and Interest Rate Derivatives segment trading will also remain suspended today.

While trading at Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will remain closed in the first half, however, trading will take place in the second half from 5:00 pm (evening session) on 5th October.

Along with today, the exchanges – NSE and BSE – will also be closed twice in the last week of this month on October 24 (Monday) and October 26 (Wednesday) on account of Diwali.

Even then there will be no action in the Equity Segment, Equity Derivative Segment, and SLB Segment on the stock market holidays, according to details shown on the exchanges.

The Indian markets on Tuesday reversed Monday’s losses to conclude over 2 per cent higher on the back of positive global cues. Almost all frontline indices witnessed a massive buying interest as BSE Sensex zoomed almost 1300 points and Nifty50 settled nearly 17300-mark at the close.

At the market close, the BSE Sensex gained 1,276 points or 2.25 per cent to 58,065 while Nifty50 surged by 386 points or 2.29 per cent to 17,274 levels on Tuesday. Even the broader markets soared, as the Nifty mid-cap jumped over 2.5 per cent and small-cap was up over 1.5 per cent at the close.

As many as 48 stocks have advanced and 2 declined on the Nifty50 index at the close. IndusInd Bank continued to be a top Nifty gainer on the whole session today, up over 5 per cent, followed by Adani Ports up over 4.5 per cent along with Bajaj Finance up nearly 4.5 per cent on the NSE at the close.