The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) closes for trading on national holidays and religious festivals. To ensure traders and stakeholders can plan accordingly, MCX releases an updated holiday list at the start of each year, with the MCX holiday list 2023 now available. It's crucial to keep this list on hand to make informed trading decisions.

Despite daytime closures, MCX opens for evening trading sessions to align with the international commodity market. These sessions take place from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and allow traders to continue trading during those times.

When the clearing house, such as NSCCL, is closed for delivery and trade settlement, it's known as a clearing or settlement holiday. This differs from share market holidays, and thus two separate holiday lists are published annually by the exchange. Clearing holidays usually coincide with banking holidays, national days, and religious festivals, and may coincide with trading holidays. Trading remains open (except for currency trading) during clearing holidays, but the clearing house remains closed.