Stock markets to remain open for trade on Union Budget 2025 on Saturday, February 1
Stock exchanges in India will be open for trade on Budget day 2025, despite being a Saturday, NSE and BSE shared in two different notifications.
ANI
Dec 23, 2024 16:29 IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Stock exchanges in India will be open for trade on Budget day 2025, despite being a Saturday, NSE and BSE shared in two different notifications.
Markets will remain open for equity from 9 am to 3:30 pm and for commodities it's 5 pm.
As is the convention, the Budget for 2025-26 will be tabled on February 1, 2025.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has so far held a series of meetings with various stakeholders, including MSMEs, farmers' associations, and economists. On Friday, the finance minister chaired a meeting with States and Union Territories.
The Finance Ministry conducts several pre-budget consultation meetings annually with experts, industry leaders, economists, and state officials. The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year has already begun.
The 2025-26 Budget will mark Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's eighth. All eyes will be on the key announcements and the government's forward-looking economic guidance for the remainder of the Modi 3.0 tenure. (ANI)
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