New Delhi, March 14 -- Indian equity markets are closed today, Friday, March 14, in observance of Holi, the vibrant festival of colors celebrated across the nation.

The holiday, which marks the arrival of spring, has led to a pause in trading activity on the domestic stock exchanges.

The short trading week will give the market participants some extra time to strategise the trading when the market resumes on Monday 17.

The trading activities in both the equity markets will remain close. effective on all the market segments includingderivatives, securities lending an borrowing (SLB), equity, currency trading and electronic gold recipt (EGP) as per the notifiction by National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE.

On Thursday, the stock markets e...