New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Indian stock market and commodities market will remain closed for trading on Friday, August 15 on account of 79th Independence Day.

Trading across all segments - equities, derivatives, and securities lending and borrowing (SLB) - will remain shut on both the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) today, Friday.

The trading across all segments will resume on Monday, August 18, as Independence Day is marked as an official holiday as per NSE holiday calendar.

Independence Day isn't the only stock market holiday in August. In addition to being closed on August 15, both the BSE and NSE will also remain shut on August 27 in observance of Ganesh Chaturthi. This means there will be two trading h...