The <a target="_blank" href="/markets/stocks">stock market</a> is not closed on July 31, Friday, when India would be celebrating <a href="/topic/Eid" target="_blank">Eid</a> al-Adha, or the so-called Bakri Eid. It would be an exception this year as stock exchanges and commodities markets used to observe this holiday in the previous years.
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<br>Though it is an official holiday and offices will be closed in most states, the equity, commodities and currency markets would operate normally. It will also be a bank holiday across the country. RBI officies in Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram will remain closed.
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<br>Commodities markets will also remain open and <a href="/topic/NCDEX" target="_blank">NCDEX</a> and <a target="_blank" href="/multi-commodity-exchange-of-india-ltd/stocks/companyid-16571.cms">MCX</a> have no holiday for Friday.
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