Stock market holidays 2018

The days NSE and BSE were closed for trading in shares in 2018, as the exchange published them. The first weekday holiday was 26 Jan (Republic Day) and the last 25 Dec (Christmas).

Trading holidays in 2018

DateHoliday
26 JanFridayRepublic Day
13 FebTuesdayMahashivratri
2 MarFridayHoli
25 MarSundayRam NavamiFalls on a weekend
29 MarThursdayMahavir Jayanti
30 MarFridayGood Friday
14 AprSaturdayDr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar JayantiFalls on a weekend
1 MayTuesdayMaharashtra Day
16 JunSaturdayId-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan ID)Falls on a weekend
15 AugWednesdayIndependence Day
22 AugWednesdayBakri ID
13 SepThursdayGanesh Chaturthi
20 SepThursdayMoharram
2 OctTuesdayMahatama Gandhi Jayanti
18 OctThursdayDasera
7 NovWednesdayDiwali-Laxmi PujanMuhurat trading session
8 NovThursdayDiwali-Balipratipada
23 NovFridayGurunanak Jayanti
25 DecTuesdayChristmas
19 holidays, 16 of them on a weekday. A holiday on a Saturday or Sunday costs no trading day.

The year at a glance

The holidays in the list above, marked on the year's calendar.

January1 closed

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February1 closed

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March4 closed

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April1 closed

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May1 closed

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June1 closed

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July

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August2 closed

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September2 closed

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October2 closed

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November3 closed

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December1 closed

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About stock market holidays 2018

Stock market holidays 2018 are the days the NSE and BSE share markets were closed during that calendar year. This page lists 19 holidays with date and weekday, marks the ones that fell on a weekend, and marks each month's holidays on a calendar, with a year selector from 2007 to 2026.

Holidays in 2018

The page lists 19 holidays for 2018. Three fell on a weekend: Ram Navami on Sunday 25 Mar, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti on Saturday 14 Apr and Id-Ul-Fitr on Saturday 16 Jun. That leaves 16 weekdays on which the market was shut. Mar 2018 had four holidays, one of them a Sunday, so three weekday closures, the same as Nov 2018. Jul 2018 had none.

Festival closures

Most closures follow religious festivals whose dates move each year, such as Mahashivratri on 13 Feb, Holi on 2 Mar, the Friday before Easter on 30 Mar, Ganesh Chaturthi on 13 Sep and Dasera on 18 Oct. Diwali brought two: Laxmi Pujan on 7 Nov and Balipratipada on 8 Nov. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti stay on fixed dates, and Maharashtra Day on 1 May is a state holiday that also closes the Mumbai-based exchanges.

Muhurat trading

Muhurat trading is a short special session held on the evening of Diwali Laxmi Pujan, marking the start of the new Samvat year, the Hindu calendar year that begins at Diwali. The page marks 7 Nov 2018, a Wednesday, as a muhurat session. The exchanges announce its hours by circular before Diwali, and the normal daytime session stays closed that day.

Settlement

Settlement is when shares and money actually change hands after a trade. In 2018 Indian shares settled two working days after the trade, called T+2, and a holiday is not a working day. Thursday holidays were common that year: Ganesh Chaturthi (13 Sep), Moharram (20 Sep), Dasera (18 Oct) and Balipratipada (8 Nov) all fell on a Thursday.

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