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NSE/BSE shut Fri 2 Oct — Gandhi Jayanti; Mon 5 reopen watch
Fri 2 Oct: BSE holiday calendar locks Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti — equity, derivatives and commodity sessions shut; Sat–Sun weekend extends the pause to Mon 5 Oct reopen. Thursday index levels are indicative; IPO listings cluster around the break.
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Holiday clock (Fri 2 Oct 2026 IST): Indian cash and derivatives tape is closed for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. BSE’s published 2026 trading-holiday tables list 02-Oct-26 / Friday for equity + equity derivatives, currency / NDS-RST / tri-party repo, and commodity derivatives + electronic gold receipts (morning and evening commodity sessions Closed). Saturday–Sunday follows, so the next scheduled cash session is Monday 5 Oct 2026.
Hard prints — exchange holiday calendar (primary):
| Colour | |
|---|---|
| Holiday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| Date | Friday, 2 October 2026 (BSE table: 02-Oct-26) |
| Equity / equity derivatives | Trading holiday (BSE 2026 list) |
| Currency derivatives + NDS-RST / Tri-party repo | Trading holiday (BSE 2026 list) |
| Commodity derivatives + EGR | Morning Closed · Evening Closed (BSE 2026 commodity table) |
| Next cash session (calendar) | Monday, 5 October 2026 (after Sat–Sun) |
BSE holiday hub: https://beta.bseindia.com/static/markets/marketinfo/listholi.aspx
NSE holiday page (shell): https://www.nseindia.com/resources/exchange-communication-holidays — this desk could not save a clean NSE circular PDF HTML extract from the box this morning; treat BSE table as the locked primary print and re-check NSE’s live holiday page if you need segment-by-segment NSE wording.
Thu 1 Oct soft index colour into the holiday (soft-flag — Yahoo Finance exchange-linked regularMarketPrice for ^NSEI / ^BSESN early Fri IST; NSE equity-stockIndices API Access Denied from this box; Yahoo daily bar close for 1 Oct still null at desk pull):
| Index | Soft print |
|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | ~22,421.95 |
| BSE Sensex | ~71,909.70 |
Re-check live https://www.nseindia.com and https://www.bseindia.com index quote pages when the cash session returns Mon before treating any Yahoo figure as final exchange EOD. Wed 30 Sep soft prints on the same feed were ~22,620.45 / ~72,480.29 — see September FPI SE wash.
Process / IPO colour on the bridge (not a cash session): Mon 5 Oct is also the Prospectus timetable “on or about” listing date for AceVector Limited (Snapdeal parent) — dedicated desk: AceVector listing-eve bridge. Thu 1 Oct already put Moneyview on the BSE+NSE tape — afternoon listing tape. Open mainboard books that need Working Days to bid (e.g. issues whose windows run through early Oct) do not get a Fri cash session today — confirm each issuer’s Bid/Offer calendar on exchange / RHP pages; do not invent subscription × while BidDetails paths stay Access Denied.
Takeaway: Today is a holiday, not a “weak open.” The story for India equity tape resumes Mon 5 Oct — with AceVector list-watch and whatever global/FX colour the weekend prints.
Analysis
Why lead the Friday wire with a holiday
Morning Wire’s job on a national holiday is not to invent a Nifty open. It is to lock the calendar, stamp the last soft session colour, and point readers at the next Working Day process tape. Gandhi Jayanti falling on Friday creates a three-calendar-day pause (Fri holiday + weekend) before Mon 5 Oct.
What is shut vs what still moves
- Shut today (per BSE tables): equity cash, equity derivatives, currency derivatives / NDS-RST / tri-party repo, commodity derivatives and EGR (both sessions Closed on the commodity table for 02-Oct-26).
- Still process-relevant over the weekend: IPO demat/refund colour already in flight, listing applications already filed, registrar portals for applicants, and any company filings that do not need a cash auction.
- Not a Capital Chronicle print today: live Sensex/Nifty session OHLC, F&O settlement prints, or inventing Fri FPI daily nets when NSDL’s next Working Day card is not yet on the Monthly page.
Soft spots (do not flatten)
- Yahoo Thu
regularMarketPriceis soft — daily bar close for 1 Oct was still null at this early-Fri pull - NSE circular PDF download from this box returned a non-PDF/HTML block — BSE holiday table carries the hard date print; NSE page is linked for reader cross-check
- No invented Fri open/gap; no politics framing; not investment advice
- Open IPO subscription × withheld unless a primary BidDetails / BOA table is in hand
What to watch Mon 5 Oct
- Cash open prints for Nifty / Sensex after the three-day pause
- AceVector (Snapdeal parent) list-auction watch if the Prospectus “on or about 5 Oct” calendar holds — listing-eve wrap
- Any other mainboard names scheduled to list the same Working Day — confirm on exchange notices, not grey-market calendars
- Fresh NSDL FPI Daily Trends card once the next reporting date posts after the holiday
Sources
- BSE Trading Holidays 2026 — Equity / Equity Derivative; Currency Derivatives & NDS-RST / Tri Party Repo; Commodity Derivatives & EGR tables (Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 02-Oct-26 Friday; commodity morning+evening Closed) — https://beta.bseindia.com/static/markets/marketinfo/listholi.aspx
- NSE Market Timings & Holidays page (cross-check shell) — https://www.nseindia.com/resources/exchange-communication-holidays
- Soft-flag only: Yahoo Finance chart ^NSEI / ^BSESN
regularMarketPriceearly Fri 2 Oct 2026 IST (~22,421.95 / ~71,909.70); re-check live exchanges Mon - Capital Chronicle parallel desks: /story/acevector-snapdeal-ipo-listing-eve-october-2 · /story/moneyview-ipo-listing-tape-afternoon-october-1 · /story/fpi-september-equity-se-outflows-nsdl-october-1
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