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Stock Market Holiday 2025: Will NSE, BSE remain open today on Buddha Purnima, May 12? Here’s what you need to know.
Stock Market Holiday: Are NSE, BSE Closed today? Check Status
Stock Market Holiday Today: Buddha Purnima, the day marks the birth, enlightenment, and Mahasamadhi of the legendary Gautam Buddha, falls on Monday, May 12. Thus, investors and traders are confused if Indian stock market is open or not today.
Meanwhile, banks in several states are closed today on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.
Are Stock Market Open Or Closed Today On Buddha Purnima?
According to BSE and NSE, there is no public holiday for trading in the equity segment, equity derivative, and SLB segment of the stock markets on May 12 due to Buddha Purnima. The stock market will operate as usual today.
However, the currency derivatives segment has a trading holiday today, May 12, 2025, as per the BSE trading holiday list.
But investors must know that today is a settlement holiday. It means that trading activities will proceed as usual, the actual settlement of funds and securities will be deferred.
Bank Holiday On Buddha Purnima
Buddha Purnima is marked under RBI’s holiday under negotiable instruments act. Thus, banks in Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Shimla, Ranchi, and Srinagar will be closed on Monday, May 12 due to Buddha Purnima holiday.
There are no public holiday in banks in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Imphal, Kochi, Kochi, Kohima, Panaji, Patna, Shillong, and Thiruvananthapuram on May 12.
Market Holidays Remaining In 2025
There are 14 stock market holidays in 2025, of the 14, seven more non-trading days remain for the year. Here’s a quick look at the upcoming market holidays:
August 15 – Independence Day
August 27 – Ganesh Chaturthi
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
October 21 – Diwali Laxmi Pujan (Evening Muhurat trading likely)
October 22 – Diwali Balipratipada
November 5 – Gurpurab (Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev Ji)
December 25 – Christmas
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