Stock Market Holiday: NSE, BSE shut on April 14 for Ambedkar Jayanti

Indian stock markets will remain closed on Monday, April 14, as the country observes Dr B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti, bringing a temporary halt to trading activity at both the NSE and the BSE.

The holiday follows a week already shortened by back-to-back closures on Good Friday and Mahavir Jayanti, extending the intermittent break in trading activity during April.

While equity markets will remain fully shut, commodity trading will not be uniformly impacted. The MCX will suspend operations for the morning session but reopen in the evening, whereas the NCDEX will remain closed throughout the day.

According to the official 2026 trading calendar, exchanges have scheduled 16 market holidays for the year, of which six have already been observed. After the Ambedkar Jayanti closure, nine trading holidays remain for the rest of the year.

The next break in the calendar will come on May 1 for Maharashtra Day, followed by Eid al-Adha on May 28. The latter half of the year will see additional closures on Muharram, Ganesh Chaturthi, Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra, Diwali Balipratipada, Guru Nanak Jayanti and Christmas, marking a dense cluster of non-trading days across key festive months.

Several holidays in 2026 fall on weekends and therefore will not directly impact trading sessions, including Independence Day and Diwali, which land on a Saturday and Sunday respectively. Exchanges are expected to conduct the customary Muhurat Trading session on Diwali Balipratipada, with timings to be announced closer to the date.

The holiday comes at a time when domestic equities remain sensitive to global macroeconomic cues, including energy price volatility and geopolitical tensions, making scheduled market closures an important pause in an otherwise event-driven trading environment.