The Indian stock market is closed on October 2, Monday on account of Gandhi Jayanti. On Monday, there will be no trading activities in equities, equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, and currency derivatives.
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Additionally, securities lending and borrowing services will also be not operational. Furthermore, wholesale commodity markets, including metal and bullion, will also observe closure.
On September 29, the Indian equity indices ended on a higher note with Nifty above 19,600. At close, Sensex closed at 65,828.41, up 320 points, or 0.49%, while Nifty closed the day at 19,638.30, up 115 points, or 0.59%. BSE Midcap index rose 1.3 percent and BSE Smallcap index up 0.6%.
Major gainers on the Nifty included Hindalco Industries, NTPC, Hero MotoCorp, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Tata Motors, while losers were Adani Enterprises, LTIMindtree, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Infosys.
The total number of stock market holidays in 2023 is 15, which is two more than last year. According to the official stock market holiday list, there are two holidays in October, two holidays in November and one holiday in December.
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Stock Market Remaining Holiday Calendar List 2023 —
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
October 24 — Dussehra
November 14 — Diwali Balipratipada
November 27 — Gurunanak Jayanti
December 25 — Christmas