Mumbai, March 31 -- Indian stock markets remained closed on Tuesday on account of the Mahavir Jayanti holiday, with trading suspended on both the NSE (National Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange).

In the commodities segment, the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) also remained shut during the morning session from 9 am to 5 pm. However, trading is scheduled to resume in the evening session between 5 pm and 11:30 pm.

Global market cues remained mixed on Tuesday. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 declined by 0.83 per cent to 51,465 level, while Singapore's Straits Times index rose by 0.31 per cent to 4,912 level. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 0.37 per cent to 24,659 level, and South Korea's KOSPI index declined by 3 per ce...