NSE Holidays 2022 List : All you need to know

National Stock Exchange of India Limited or NSE is the leading stock exchange of India. In August 2021, NSE achieved a total market capitalization of over US$ 3.4 trillion to become the 10th largest stock exchange in the world.

The NSE operates and provides seamless trading facilities throughout the year. The normal trading session for equities and equity derivatives on NSE starts at 9:15 AM and ends at 3:30 PM, providing a trading session of 6 hours and 15 minutes. The NSE, however, remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Besides, there are also a number of NSE trading holidays that are declared or announced by the exchange in advance. The NSE has also announced the market holiday or NSE holidays 2022. Let us learn more about the NSE trading sessions and NSE holiday list 2022.

NSE Holiday List 2022- Equity and F&O

NSE trading holidays 2022 that fall on weekdays:

NSE Holidays that fall on weekends:

(Note: Futures and Options (F&O) trading has weekly/monthly expiries. In case there is a holiday on the expiry day, the expiry is shifted to the previous day)

Market Hours- Equities

NSE Pre open market trading session

Order placement and modification: 

Open: 9:00 AM

Close: 9:08 AM

Regular trading session

Market Open: 9:15 AM

Market Close: 3:30 PM

Closing session

Open: 3:40 PM

Close: 4:00 PM

Block deal session

Morning window:

Open: 8:45 AM

Close: 9:00 AM

Afternoon window:

Open: 2:05 PM

Close: 2:20 PM

(These are normal trading timings for the equities market. The NSE has the complete right to reduce or extend the aforementioned trading timings when needed)

Commodity Derivatives Trading on NSE

NSE also has a Commodity Derivatives segment that offers trading in Futures. The instruments available for traders are Bullion and Energy Futures. Futures of a total of 5 commodities are available to trade on NSE- Brent Crude Oil, Copper, Degummed Soy Oil, Gold, and Silver.

Just like Equities, trading in commodity derivatives also happens all days of the week, except Saturdays and Sundays and the holidays announced by the NSE. 

NSE Holiday List 2022- Commodity Derivatives

NSE Holidays that fall on weekdays:

NSE Holidays that fall on weekends:

Market Hours- Commodity Derivatives

Normal market open: 09:00 AM

Normal market close: 11:30 PM

(These are normal trading timings for the equities market. The NSE has the complete right to reduce or extend the aforementioned trading timings when needed)

Currency Derivatives Trading on NSE

NSE also allows trading in currency Futures, also known as FX Futures. There are different currency pairs whose Future contracts are traded on NSE- USDINR, EURINR, JPYINR, and GBPINR.

NSE Holiday List 2022- Currency Derivatives

NSE Holidays that fall on weekdays:

NSE Holidays that fall on weekends:

Market Hours- Currency Derivatives

Normal market open: 09:00 AM

Normal market close: 05:00 PM

(These are normal trading timings for the equities market. The NSE has the complete right to reduce or extend the aforementioned trading timings when needed)

Muhurat Trading

Muhurat trading is a special trading session conducted by NSE on Diwali. It is taken as an auspicious trading hour to start a new investment journey or to buy equities for long term investment. The NSE announces hours for Muhurat trading in advance. In 2022, the Muhurat trading will be done on 24 October, 2022 (Diwali). The trading timings for Muhurat trading will be announced by NSE later.