The Indian stock market, which includes the BSE and NSE, will take a break on February 19 to celebrate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti. While buying and selling shares will still happen as usual on that Wednesday, there won’t be any clearing or settling of stock and money transactions. Trading in stocks, derivatives, and securities lending will continue, but the current and auction markets will be closed all day.
If you made money or sold your investments on February 18 and 19, you can take out the profits by Thursday, February 20.
On Tuesday, the Indian markets didn’t change much and ended flat after some sharp drops recently. This was mainly due to worries about high prices, bad earnings reports, and money leaving the country. The Nifty 50 index decreased 0.06% to 22,945.30, and the BSE Sensex was down 0.04% to 75,967.39.
Currently, the Nifty 50 is about 13% lower than its highest point in September 2024 and has fallen by 3% so far in 2025. This is largely because of low company earnings, foreign investors pulling out, slowing growth in India, and uncertainty in global trade.
Foreign investors, who usually invest a lot in big companies, have sold $12 billion worth of Indian stocks in 2025 alone.
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