Mahavir Jayanti Holiday: The festival of Mahavir Jayanti is being celebrated across the country today. People of Jain religion celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir today. On this big occasion, there will be a bank holiday in many states of the country today. Here we will know in which states of the country there will be Mahavir Jayanti holiday today. Along with this, we will also know whether the stock markets will remain closed on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti or business will be conducted like any other normal day.
All banks will remain closed in these states on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti
On Tuesday, March 31, on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, there will be a holiday for all banks in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Whereas, banks in all other states and cities will continue to function as normal.
Trading will remain completely closed on BSE and NSE also
According to information received from BSE website, there will be a market holiday on Tuesday, March 31. Today, trading will be completely closed in all types of equity and equity derivative segments on BSE. Like BSE, trading on NSE will also be completely closed today and there will be no trading.
There will be business only for 3 days this week
Let us tell you that before the start of the new year, BSE and NSE release the list of holidays for the entire year. In this list, holiday for Mahavir Jayanti was already declared on 31st March. Let us tell you that this week, there will be trading on BSE and NSE for only 3 days, while there will be a holiday of 4 days. Both the major exchanges of the domestic stock market, BSE and NSE, will also remain closed on Friday, April 3 and there will be no trading.
There will be no trading on MCX today
Apart from BSE and NSE, MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange) will also remain closed on Tuesday, March 31 on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.