Business News | Stock Markets to Remain Open for Trade on Union Budget 2025 on Saturday, February 1

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Stock exchanges in India will be open for trade on Budget day 2025, despite being a Saturday, NSE and BSE shared in two different notifications.

Markets will remain open for equity from 9 am to 3:30 pm and for commodities it's 5 pm.

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As is the convention, the Budget for 2025-26 will be tabled on February 1, 2025.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has so far held a series of meetings with various stakeholders, including MSMEs, farmers' associations, and economists. On Friday, the finance minister chaired a meeting with States and Union Territories.

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The Finance Ministry conducts several pre-budget consultation meetings annually with experts, industry leaders, economists, and state officials. The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year has already begun.

The 2025-26 Budget will mark Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's eighth. All eyes will be on the key announcements and the government's forward-looking economic guidance for the remainder of the Modi 3.0 tenure. (ANI)

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