Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE), forex, money and commodity markets — bullion and oils & oilseeds — will remain closed today on account of ‘Ambedkar Jayanti’ while other commodity markets will operate as usual. Trading will resume on Wednesday.
The NSE index rose 0.61 percent to 8,834 on Monday, while the BSE index gained 0.57 percent to 29,044.44.
The rupee closed about 1 percent down at 62.5050/5150 per dollar, its single biggest fall since March 30, and sharply weaker from Friday’s close of 62.31/32.
The benchmark 10-year bond yield ended steady at 7.80 percent.