Stock market holiday on DussehraIs MCX open today for Dussehra?
The festival is listed as a full trading holiday in the 2026 market calendar.Investors will not be able to buy or sell shares on either exchange during the regular session.
Trading in equity derivatives will also remain suspended for the day.The holiday comes after a sharp sell-off on Dalal Street on Monday, when weak private bank stocks, disappointing corporate earnings and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.
Nifty50 declined 257.20 points, or 1.11%, to close at 22,888.95 while BSE Sensex fell 876.37 points, or 1.17%, to settle at 73,852.90.Selling pressure was broad-based, with almost all sectoral indices on NSE ending in the red.
On Christmas, both the morning and evening sessions will remain closed.
Stock market holiday on Dussehra
Is MCX open today for Dussehra?
Morning session: 9am to 5pm
9am to 5pm Evening session: 5pm to 11.30pm or 11.55pm
Upcoming stock market holidays in 2026
Date Day Holiday November 10, 2026 Tuesday Diwali Balipratipada November 24, 2026 Tuesday Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev December 25, 2026 Friday Christmas
Upcoming MCX holidays in 2026
Date Day Holiday Morning session Evening session November 10 Tuesday Diwali-Balipratipada Closed Open November 24 Tuesday Guru Nanak Jayanti Closed Open December 25 Friday Christmas Closed Closed
NEW DELHI: Domestic equity markets will remain closed on Tuesday, October 20, for Dussehra, giving investors a break from regular trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The festival is listed as a full trading holiday in the 2026 market calendar.Investors will not be able to buy or sell shares on either exchange during the regular session. Trading in equity derivatives will also remain suspended for the day.The holiday comes after a sharp sell-off on Dalal Street on Monday, when weak private bank stocks, disappointing corporate earnings and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. Nifty50 declined 257.20 points, or 1.11%, to close at 22,888.95 while BSE Sensex fell 876.37 points, or 1.17%, to settle at 73,852.90.Selling pressure was broad-based, with almost all sectoral indices on NSE ending in the red. The Nifty PSU Bank index was the only major sectoral index to close in positive territory, gaining 2.41%.The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will follow a different schedule from the domestic equity markets on Dussehra.According to the commodity market holiday calendar, trading will remain closed during the morning session but resume in the evening.The regular commodity market trading schedule is divided into two sessions:After Dussehra, the next holidays listed in the 2026 stock market calendar are Diwali Balipratipada, Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev and Christmas.The commodity market calendar also lists three upcoming holidays, with trading hours varying between the morning and evening sessions.Commodity trading will remain suspended during the morning sessions on Diwali-Balipratipada and Guru Nanak Jayanti, while evening trading will continue on both days. On Christmas, both the morning and evening sessions will remain closed.
