Stock Market alert! BSE, NSE closed on these two days this week

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain closed for trading purposes on April 29, 2019 (Monday) on account of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Maharashtra. It will resume trading on 30th April but will again remain shut on May 1 on account of Maharashtra Day. On Friday, during the trading session, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex closed at the highs of 11,754.65 and 39,067.33, respectively. At the closing hours of the market, the Sensex surged 336.47 points, while Nifty rallied 112.85 points. 

On April 26 major gainers on the Nifty were Tata Steel, BPCL, GAIL. While Bajaj Auto, Grasim, Tata Motors and Infosys were among the losers. Indian benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty are hovering close to new lifetime highs as investors remained in an intense buying mode for a while, on "near-normal" monsoon forecast and bumper corporate earnings optimism.

Sectorally, among the top performers, was Nifty IT, rising 0.93 per cent. Banking major Index, BankNifty closed at  30,013.50, rising 452 points or 1.53 per cent. 

The investors should know that the trading on the exchanges will resume back on 30th April, Tuesday. However, the market will again remain shut on May 1st on account of Maharashtra Day.