The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will remain open on Sunday, February 1, for a special trading session on Budget day, Business Standard reported. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to announce the Union Budget for the financial year 2026-27 (FY27) at 11 AM on February 1.
Stock markets to remain open on Sunday
The stock exchanges will remain open on February 1, 2026, which falls on a Sunday, due to the presentation of the Union Budget.
In a statement issued earlier this month, the BSE said February 1 has been declared a special trading day. It added that BSE indices will be calculated as usual, and markets will function during normal trading hours. In a separate circular, the NSE also informed its members that a live trading session will be held on February 1, 2026, on account of the Union Budget presentation.
The Budget presentation will take place at Parliament House in New Delhi. After the Finance Minister's speech, the requisite documents will be laid in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
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What will be the schedule of the stock markets?
Stock market operations will follow the usual schedule on the special trading day. The pre-market session will run from 9:00 AM to 9:08 AM. Normal trading will take place from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM. Block deal session 1 will be held between 8:45 AM and 9:00 AM, while block deal session 2 will run from 2:05 PM to 2:20 PM.
The Union Budget speech usually lasts between 90 and 120 minutes, though in the past some have gone on longer while others ended sooner.
The Budget Session of Parliament began on January 28. Its first phase will run till February 13. The second phase is scheduled to start on March 9 and will end on April 2.
