The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will conduct an extended live trading session on May 7 in the capital market segment on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.
Akshaya Tritiya is one of the most auspicious occasions for Hindus and is synonymous with buying gold. Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akti or Akha Teej, falls on the third lunar day of Shukla Paksha of Vaisakha month. The day marks the birthday of Lord Parshuram, who is the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is also believed that on this day Lord Ganesha began to write Mahabharata.