Settlement holiday, March 31 -- The ongoing week is a truncated one on Dalal Street, along with a settlement holiday, likely confusing investors regarding how and when their transactions will be processed.

According to the stock market calendar shared by the exchanges, March 31 is a trading holiday on account of Mahavir Jayanti. Furthermore, April 1, 2026, is a settlement holiday on account of the annual bank closing. Investors might wonder what would happen to the orders placed on March 30 and April 1.

Before that, let's understand what a settlement holiday is.

Settlement holidays refer to days when markets are open for trading, but the trades are not cleared due to the closure of depositories and/or banks. Due to the settlement holid...