This time the stock market will open on Saturday too, why did NSE make this change by issuing a notification?
Stock Market: This time 1st February is Saturday and the country's stock market will remain open on this day. Detailed information has been given by issuing a notification by NSE in this regard. The market will be open from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm.
Share Market Update For 1st Feb: The Indian stock market is usually closed on Saturday and Sunday. But this time the domestic stock market will be open on Saturday i.e. 1st February.
Actually, this time Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget on Saturday (1st February). The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has issued an information regarding this. In the information issued by NSE, it was said that on 1st February (Saturday), the stock market will be open from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm.
When is the stock market open on Saturday?
Normally, the stock market remains closed on the last two days of the week, Saturday and Sunday. But sometimes on special occasions, such as the day of the general budget, the market remains open on Saturday as well.
Similarly, on February 1, 2020 and February 28, 2015, the budget was presented on Saturday and the market was open on that day. For those who want to trade before the market opens on the day of the budget presentation, the market will be open from 9:00 am to 9:08 am.
According to a notification, the BSE index will also be calculated on February 1, 2025 (Saturday). The exchange has declared this day as a special trading day due to the Union Budget 2025-26. The market will remain open during regular trading hours. More information about this is given below-
>> Block Deal Meeting -1: 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM
>> Special Pre-Open Session (for IPOs and Relisted Securities): 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
>> Call Auction Illiquid Session (6 sessions of 1 hour each): 09:30 AM to 3:30 PM
>> Block Deal Meeting -2: 2:05 PM to 2:20 PM
>> Post Closing Session: 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM
>> Trade Modification Cut Off Time: 4:15 PM
A day earlier on Tuesday, the stock market (Sensex and Nifty) opened with gains and continued to trade like this throughout the day. The rise in the stock market was seen because the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to increase the money with the banks.
But before this, on Monday, the stock market witnessed a big decline and on that day investors suffered a loss of about Rs 9 lakh 28 thousand crores. With this decline, the stock market index reached a seven-month low.
Union Budget 2025
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a report on the economic condition of the country, which is called the Economic Survey.
On this day, both the Houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) will also meet for a short time after the President's speech.
The Lok Sabha has set aside two days (3 and 4 February) to discuss the motion of thanks on the President's address. The Rajya Sabha has set aside three days for this discussion.