Mumbai, March 3 -- Indian share markets are closed on Tuesday on account of the Holi festival holiday, with trading suspended on both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE.

Both the BSE and the NSE will remain closed for trading on Tuesday, March 3. Meanwhile, the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) will remain closed during the first half of the day. However, trading on the MCX will resume in the evening session from 5 pm to 11 pm today.

In other Asian markets on Tuesday, selling pressure was mounting on major indices. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was down by 1.71 per cent to the 57065 level, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.24 per cent to 25985. Singapore's Straits Times index, however, gained 0.94 per cent. Taiwan's W...