Indian Stock Exchanges will take a holiday next week, trading will remain suspended on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the occasion of Dr. Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti. As per the official holiday calendar, both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange will remain closed for most segments.
Trading in the equity segment and equity derivatives segment will remain suspended throughout the day. Currency derivatives segments along with NDS-RST and tri-party repo segments will also remain closed. Track the stock market live.
However, there will be partial activity in select segments. The Commodity Derivatives segment and Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) segment will remain closed from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM during the morning session, before reopening for the evening session starting at 5:00 PM, peppermint Informed.
two holidays in april
There will be only two business holidays in April this year. The first fell on Good Friday on April 3, while the second – Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14 – will be the last market holiday of the month.
After this, the markets will remain closed on Maharashtra Day on 1st May.
Holidays so far, and what’s next
So far in 2026, Dalal Street has observed six holidays, including closure on Republic Day, Holi, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday.
After Ambedkar Jayanti, there are nine more holidays coming up for the rest of the year, including Maharashtra Day, Bakrid, Muharram, Ganesh Chaturthi, Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra, Diwali Balipratipada, Guru Nanak Jayanti and Christmas.
Today’s share market update
The upcoming holidays come at a time when the market is already facing volatility. Indian stock markets opened sharply lower on Monday amid a surge in global oil prices after no progress in US-Iran talks.
At 9:15 am, the 30-share Sensex fell 2.08% or 1,613.09 points to 75,937.20. Nifty 50 fell 1.92% to 23,589, while banking and midcap indices also slipped more than 2%.
The fall comes after a strong rally last week, when both benchmark indices rose about 6%. The surge was the best performance in the past five years, driven by optimism around the two-week US-Iran ceasefire.
But sentiment has turned cautious after talks stalled and US President Donald Trump announced plans to launch a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, raising geopolitical risks.
Brent crude prices jumped nearly 7% to $102 a barrel, raising investor concerns.
“How this naval blockade, which will actually be a US blockade of Iran, will work out remains to be seen. There could be dramatic developments on the geopolitical front and consequently in the markets as well,” VK Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Investments Ltd., said in an email. “The ideal strategy in this highly-uncertain situation is to wait and see.”