Trading on the NSE and BSE will remain suspended today, October 2, 2026, for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. This public holiday means investors will not see regular equity trading on the exchanges. The Indian equity market will resume normal trading on October 5, Monday, after the scheduled break for this national holiday.
Trading on both the NSE and BSE will remain suspended for the day. The equity market will reopen for regular trading on the next working day.
October 2 is observed as Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The day is included in the 2026 trading holiday calendar for the Indian stock exchanges.
October 2 is also the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who was born on this day in 1904.
The NSE's official holiday calendar lists October 2, 2026, Friday, as Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Trading in the equity segment is normally conducted from Monday to Friday, except on Saturdays, Sundays and exchange-declared holidays.
Therefore, investors will not see regular equity trading on NSE and BSE today.
When will the stock market reopen?
The Indian equity market will resume normal trading on October 5, Monday, after the October 2 holiday. The regular NSE equity trading session generally runs from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm.
The holiday is part of the exchange's scheduled trading calendar for 2026.
After October 2, the next scheduled equity-market holiday in October is Dussehra on October 20, 2026, according to the NSE holiday calendar.
The next trading holidays are November 10 (Tuesday) for Diwali-Balipratipada, November 24 (Tuesday) for Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev, and December 25 (Friday) for Christmas.
Indian equity markets ended sharply lower on Thursday, with the Sensex falling 570.59 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 71,909.70, while the Nifty 50 declined 198.50 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 22,421.95.
The broader market also remained under pressure, with midcap and smallcap indices declining around 1 per cent. Sectoral indices were largely in the red, while the Nifty IT index bucked the trend and gained 2.17 per cent.
The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies fell to Rs 4,66,89,359.47 crore from Rs 4,71,86,380.74 crore on September 30. This represents an erosion of around Rs 4.97 lakh crore in a single session.
Banks and the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) are closed today, October 2, 2026, on account of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. The MCX will remain closed for both its morning session, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and evening session, from 5:00 pm to 11:30/11:55 pm.
Banks across India are also closed today, as October 2 is a nationwide bank and public holiday.