Indian markets shut due to 'Holi' festival

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Foreign Exchange, Commodity Futures and wholesale commodity markets will remain closed on Thursday on account of the 'Holi' festival.

All the wholesale commodity markets, including bullion, were shut today on account of ‘Holi’.

As far as Wednesday's session is concerned, the BSE Sensex closed at 17,145, down 28 points. It earlier touched a day's low of 17,008 and a day's high of 17,239. It opened at 17,127.



The NSE Nifty settled nearly flat at 5,220 after being as low as 5,171 and as high as 5,243. It opened at 5,207.

The BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.5% while the BSE Mid-Cap index finished barely changed.

Metals, Oil & Gas and PSU indices were the top laggards while Banking, IT and Realty indices were the notable winners.

The INDIA VIX closed lower by ~3.7% at 26.33 after touching a low of 25.97.

In the currency market, the rupee clawed its back from a seven-week low in the afternoon trade, as exporters sold dollars. It had touched a day's low of 50.76, a level last seen on January 18.