Overview
- NSE and BSE were shut on Thursday for Ram Navami and reopened for trading on Friday, March 27.
- All activity in equities, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, NDS-RST and tri‑party repo on the stock exchanges paused for the full day.
- Commodity trading followed split rules, with MCX closed in the morning and open from 5 pm to about 11:30–11:55 pm, while NCDEX stayed closed all day.
- Many bank branches were closed on March 26 and in some states on March 27, but UPI, NEFT, RTGS, mobile banking and ATMs worked as usual, and cheque clearing and other over‑the‑counter tasks moved to the next business day.
- The next closures hit on March 31 for Mahavir Jayanti, April 3 for Good Friday and April 14 for Ambedkar Jayanti, creating two short trading weeks that can thin volumes and delay some settlements under the RBI and exchange holiday calendars.