India’s share market, including the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), will remain open for regular trading on the day on February 1, 2025, despite it being a Saturday. This is because the Union Budget will be presented on Saturday, February 1 in 2025. This is a special arrangement, as share markets are traditionally closed on Saturdays.
Normally, share markets are closed on Saturdays, but this year, they will be open on February 1, Saturday, for the Union Budget. Furthermore, on that day, equity markets will trade as usual until 3:30 PM, while commodity markets will stay open until 5:00 PM.
On that day, the stock market will have a pre-open session from 9:00 am to 9:08 am. This will be followed by normal trading from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm.
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Prior to this, the share market conducted a trading session on Saturday, February 1, 2020, and Saturday, February 28, 2015. Furthermore, the markets were open on those days due to the presentation of the Union Budget 2025. The last time the Budget was presented on a Saturday was in 2016-2017, but unlike this year, the share markets were closed on that day.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the eighth time. The budget, prepared by the Department of Economic Affairs, showcases India’s economic progress and showcases the government’s plans for spending, taxes, and social welfare programs.
The Budget is a big event for the economy in many ways. As a result, several investors buy or sell stocks on that day, and traders try to profit from the market fluctuations that happen on the budget day.
