Markets to remain closed on Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary - India News and Travel Times Provides India-centric and other News and Features

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange (NSE), forex, money and oilseeds markets will remain closed on Wednesday on the 119th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar. In the international market, the prices of Japanese share opened higher, with the benchmark Nikkei-225 index rising by 72.76 points or 0.65 percent to 11,233.99 in the first few minutes of trading. Chip-linked exporters achieved after Intel's sales and margin forecasts neatly hit market expectations. Hong Kong and Chinese shares went down by Wednesday afternoon as investors became watchful ahead of key economic data in China.