NSE Holidays, NSE Market timings

Holidays for the calendar year 2014

Sr. No.	Date	Day	Description
1	27-Feb-2014	Thursday	Mahashivratri
2	17-Mar-2014	Monday	Holi
3	08-Apr-2014	Tuesday	Ram Navmi
4	14-Apr-2014	Monday	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti
5	18-Apr-2014	Friday	Good Friday
6	24-Apr-2014	Thursday	Parlimentary Elections
7	01-May-2014	Thursday	May Day
8	29-Jul-2014	Tuesday	Ramzan ID
9	15-Aug-2014	Friday	Independence Day
10	29-Aug-2014	Friday	Ganesh Chaturthi
11	02-Oct-2014	Thursday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
12	03-Oct-2014	Friday	Dasera
13	06-Oct-2014	Monday	Bakri ID
14	23-Oct-2014	Thursday	Diwali-Laxmi Pujan*
15	24-Oct-2014	Friday	Diwali-Balipratipada
16	04-Nov-2014	Tuesday	Moharram
17	06-Nov-2014	Thursday	Gurunank Jayanti
18	25-Dec-2014	Thursday	Christmas

*Muhurat Trading will be conducted. Timings of Muhurat Trading shall be notified subsequently.

The holidays falling on Saturday / Sunday are as follows:

Sr. No.	Date	Day	Description
1	26-Jan-2014	Sunday	Republic Day
2	13-Apr-2014	Sunday	Mahavir Jayanti

Market Timings

Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:

A) Pre-open session
Order entry & modification Open : 09:00 hrs
Order entry & modification Close : 09:08 hrs*
*with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.

B) Regular trading session
Normal / Retail Debt / Limited Physical Market Open : 09:15 hrs
Normal / Retail Debt / Limited Physical Market Close : 15:30 hrs

Block deal session is held between 09:15 hrs and 09:50 hrs

C) The Closing Session is held between 15.40 hrs and 16.00 hrs

Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.