New Delhi, March 24 -- Indian stock market investors are likely to get a respite from the turbulence underway on Dalal Street, with the stock exchanges slated to remain shut in three out of the next eight trading sessions to mark different holidays.

There are two holiday-shortened weeks in the Indian stock market to mark the occasions of Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday.

The first holiday will fall this week on Thursday, March 26, on account of Shri Ram Navami. Meanwhile, the next week will see only three trading sessions with a long weekend due to a holiday on Friday.

On Tuesday, March 31, both BSE and NSE are closed for Shri Mahavir Jayanti and on Friday, April 3, the exchanges will remain closed for Good Friday.

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