For trading Indian stock market to remain open on Sunday
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ January 16,2026
Both NSE and BSE, in separate circulars, announced that the exchanges will remain open on Sunday, February 1, on account of the Union Budget 2026 presentation.
The Union Budget for 2026 will be presented at 11 am on February 1. It will be Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Union Budget presentation. This will be the first time since 2000 that the Budget will be presented on a Sunday. Sitharaman had presented it on a Saturday last year.
“On account of the presentation of the Union Budget, members are requested to note that Exchange shall be conducting live trading session on February 01, 2026, as per the standard market timings (9:15 am-3:30 pm),” the National Stock Exchange (NSE) circular read.
Meanwhile, the BSE circular said, “trading members of the Exchange are hereby informed that Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Indices will be calculated on February 01, 2026 (Sunday), which is declared as a special trading day by the exchange on account of the Union Budget 2026. Markets shall remain open for regular trading hours.”
The budget session will commence on 28 January 2026 and continue till 2 April 2026. The first phase concludes on 13 February 2026, with Parliament reassembling on 9 March 2026.
Ahead of the Budget, the important Economic Survey will be released by the Ministry of Finance. This will be followed by a press briefing by Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran.
