On Good Friday (April 2), the stock market had its first holiday this month. During the rest of the month, the markets will be shut on two more occasions — on April 14 Ambedkar Jayanti and April 21 on the occasion of Ram Navami. However, investors should note that this, along with regular weekly-off days, would mean that the markets will be shut for a total of 11 days in April.
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Here's the complete list of share market holidays in April 2021:
Day Date Holiday
Friday April 2 Good Friday
Saturday April3 Weekly off
Sunday April 4 Weekly off / Easter
Saturday April 10 Weekly off
Sunday April 11 Weekly off
Wednesday April 14 Ambedkar Jayanti
Saturday April 17 Weekly off
Sunday April 18 Weekly off
Wednesday April 21 Ram Navami
Saturday April 24 Weekly off
Sunday April 25 Weekly off / MahavirJayanti
On Thursday, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty ended higher. While Sensex reclaimed 50,000, Nifty 50 crossed 14,850 levels. The Sensex closed higher by 520 points at 50,029, and Nifty ended at 14,867, up 176 points.
First Published:Apr 2, 2021 6:29 PM IST