India Stock Market Holidays 2008 - BSE Holidays 2008 - NSE Holidays 2008

Stock Trading Timings :

Market Open : 09:55 hours
Market Close : 15:30 hours

BSE and NSE remain close on Saturdays and Sundays and holidays.

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India remain close for trading on following days.

BSE Holidays 2008 - NSE Holidays 2008

Date	Day	Holiday
6th March 2008	Thursday	Mahashivratri
20th March 2008	Thursday	Id-E-Milad
21st March 2008	Friday	Good Friday / Holi (1 st Day)
14th April 2008	Monday	Ambedkar Jayanti
18th April 2008	Friday	Mahavir Jayanti
1st May 2008	Thursday	Maharashtra Day
19th May 2008	Monday	Buddha Purnima
15th August 2008	Friday	Independence Day
3rd September 2008	Wednesday	Ganesh Chathurthi
2nd October 2008	Thursday	Ramzan Id / Gandhi Jayanti
9th October 2008	Thursday	Dasera
28th October 2008	Tuesday	Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)
30th October 2008	Thursday	Diwali ( Bhaubeez)
13th November 2008	Thursday	Gurunanak Jayanti
9th December 2008	Tuesday	Bakri-Id
25th December 2008	Thursday	Christmas

Muhurat Trading: Tuesday, 28th October 2008 (Diwali Amavasya - Laxmi Puja)

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Stock Market and Sun outage

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) trading timings willl berevised between 4th March 2008 and 18th March 2008, as the sun's position may disrupt connectivity, causing difficulties in receiving data via satellites.

Stock Market will stop trading between 11.45 am and 12.25 pm and resume trading from 12.30 pm, a stock exchange circular said, during which traders and investors may face some loss of connectivity.

Trading on the bourses will start at 9.55 am and close at 4.15 pm local time owing to the sun outage, the exchanges said.

NSE Market timings during Sun Outage
Event Duration
MARKET OPEN 09:55 AM to 11:45 AM
BREAK 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
MARKET RESUME 12:30 PM to 04:15 PM
CLOSING SESSION 04:35 PM to 04:45 PM

BSE Market timings during Sun Outage
Event Duration
MARKET OPEN 09:55 AM to 11:45 AM
BREAK 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
MARKET RESUME 12:30 PM to 04:15 PM
CLOSING SESSION 04:15 PM to 04:45 PM

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The Bombay Stock Exchange down over 900 points on 3rd March 2008 and closes over 300 points down on 4th March 2008

On 3rd March 2008, Monday the benchmark Sensex dropping over 900 points close below 17,000 level at 16,677.88 points and Nifty losing over 270 points to end below 5,000 level. Selling pressure emerged on reports of a weakening trend in global stock markets. Today 4th March 2008, the benchmark Sensex dropped another 338 points, The National Stock Exchange index Nifty also dropped by 88.75 points at 4,864.25, with banking stocks sliding on reports of ICICI Bank reporting a market to market loss of 264.34 million dollar.

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