<p>The Indian equity market is closed for trading today October 2, on account of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/gandhi-jayanti-2026-retracing-mahatma-gandhis-life-in-mumbai-23652925" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti,</a> a national holiday.</p>
<p>According to the official holiday calendar issued by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the bourses will remain closed on Friday, October 2, 2026.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Trading to remain closed</h2>
<p>Investors cannot buy and sell shares during the regular trading window. Trading in equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives, corporate bonds, electronic gold receipts will also remain closed on Friday.</p>
<p>The closure comes ahead of the weekend, which means there will be no trading activity on the domestic stock exchanges for three consecutive days, including regular market holidays like Saturday and Sunday. The trading activity on both the exchanges will resume on Monday, October 5.</p>
<h2>MCX to remain closed</h2>
<p>Besides, in the commodity market, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/business/business-news/article/multi-commodity-exchange-alerts-investors-against-fake-telegram-channel--23640273" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)</a> will also observe Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and will remain closed for trading in both the morning and evening sessions. According to the MCX, trading activity will remain closed in the morning session between 9 am to 5 pm and also in the evening session between 5 pm to 11:30/11:55 pm.</p>
<h2>What happened to the markets this week?</h2>
<p>The domestic equity benchmark indices extended losses for the eighth straight week amid elevated global crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties, higher US bond yields and sustained FII outflows.&nbsp;</p>
<p>During the week, the stock market benchmark indices declined on all the four days. On Thursday, the 30-share BSE Sensex slumped 570.59 points or 0.79 per cent to settle at 71,909.70. The 50-share NSE Nifty tanked 198.50 points or 0.88 per cent to end at 22,421.95.</p>
<p>According to market analysts, the sell-off has been driven largely by external factors, with bond yields reaching multi-year highs and crude oil prices remaining elevated, raising concerns about the economic outlook for 2026&ndash;27.</p>
<p>Domestically, investors are also cautious ahead of Q2 results and the upcoming Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy next week.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/business/business-news/article/fiis-remain-net-sellers-for-sixth-straight-week-offload-equities-worth-rs-11490-crore-23651997" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)</a> were the net sellers on Thursday, offloading equities worth Rs 9,484.22 crore, as per the exchange data. During the week, FIIs sold equities worth Rs 34,970 crore in the Indian equity market.</p>

There will be no trading activity on the bourses for three consecutive days, including regular market holidays like Saturday and Sunday

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2026: Stock market holiday; BSE, NSE closed today, Oct 2

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2026: Is it a bank holiday in Mumbai today, October 2?

The closure comes ahead of the weekend, which means there will be no trading activity on the domestic stock exchanges for three consecutive days, including regular market holidays like Saturday and Sunday

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2026: Are NSE, BSE and MCX open or closed today, October 2?

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Ganeshotsav 2026

Home / Business / Business News / Article / Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2026: Are NSE, BSE and MCX open or closed today, October 2?