Stock market holiday on Guru Nanak Jayanti: Will NSE and BSE remain closed on November 5? Check details

Trading on the stock markets will take a pause on November 5, Wednesday, as both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will remain closed for Guru Nanak Jayanti. The NSE's and BSE's official trading calendar listed the holiday under Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev. With the closure, there will be no activity across segments equity, derivatives, securities lending and borrowing, or currency derivatives, for the entire day. The exchanges operate Monday to Friday, and remain shut on Saturdays, Sundays and on pre-declared holidays.Normal trading will resume on the next working day, i.e. on Wednesday. Guru Nanak Jayanti commemorates the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.

Celebrated as Gurpurab or Prakash Utsav, the occasion is marked with prayers, processions and community services. Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in 1469 at Rai Bhoi Ki Talwandi, a place now known as Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. This year marks the 556th birth anniversary and falls on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.Apart from this, the only remaining public holiday for stock market this year, is on December 25 for Christmas. Both the indices remain closed on weekends.

On Tuesday, benchmark indices started the session on a muted note. Both Nifty50 and the BSE Sensex opened flat, with Nifty trading above 25,750 and the Sensex holding above the 84,000 mark. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 stood at 25,772.75, up 9 points or 0.036%. The BSE Sensex was at 84,015.56, gaining 37 points or 0.044%.