Muhurat Trading: Sensex rises 350 points, Nifty above 25,100
The Indian stock market continued to record sharp gains on Sunday, Diwali, with Sensex and Nifty extending gains for the seventh consecutive session during the special Muhurat Trading session on the auspicious occasion.
Sensex jumped 350 points to cross 81,380 while Nifty 50 jumped over 80 points to rise above 23,100 as investors made their first trades of the new Samvat 2083.
Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, BEL and HDFC Bank shares gained 1-3% to lead gains on Sensex, while Kotak Mahindra Bank and M&M shares slipped into the red to lead losses.
Broader markets outperformed, with Nifty Smallcap 250 index jumping more than 1% while Nifty Midcap 100 index was up a little over 0.6%. The overall market breadth as a result remained positive, with NSE seeing 2,468 advances against 385 declines, while 119 stocks remained unchanged.
All sectoral indices opened in the green, with Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma jumping more than 1% each to lead gains during the Muhurat Trading session. The age-old tradition involves a short one-hour trading session marked by low volumes. This coincides with Lakshmi Puja across several parts of the country during the festival of lights.
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Muhurat Trading 2026
Unlike regular trading days, when the equity market operates between 9:15 am and 3:30 pm, Muhurat Trading takes place during a shortened special session, and this year it runs from 2.20 pm to 3.30 pm. This year's session is being held on a Sunday as Diwali has fallen on the weekend.
In the commodity segment, MCX is holding its special session from 2:05 pm to 2.19 pm, while the trading session will run from 2.20 pm to 3.30 pm. The commodity exchange pointed out that contracts of all commodities and indices will be available for trading.
The decades-old tradition of Muhurat Trading was started by the Bombay Stock Exchange in 1957, and has been taken up by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) since 1992. Traditionally, brokers performed Chopda Pujan, a ritualistic worship of account books, during this session to mark the auspicious start of the new financial year.
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Sensex jumped 350 points to cross 81,380 while Nifty 50 jumped over 80 points to rise above 23,100 as investors made their first trades of the new Samvat 2083.
Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, BEL and HDFC Bank shares gained 1-3% to lead gains on Sensex, while Kotak Mahindra Bank and M&M shares slipped into the red to lead losses.
Broader markets outperformed, with Nifty Smallcap 250 index jumping more than 1% while Nifty Midcap 100 index was up a little over 0.6%. The overall market breadth as a result remained positive, with NSE seeing 2,468 advances against 385 declines, while 119 stocks remained unchanged.
All sectoral indices opened in the green, with Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma jumping more than 1% each to lead gains during the Muhurat Trading session. The age-old tradition involves a short one-hour trading session marked by low volumes. This coincides with Lakshmi Puja across several parts of the country during the festival of lights.
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Muhurat Trading 2026
Unlike regular trading days, when the equity market operates between 9:15 am and 3:30 pm, Muhurat Trading takes place during a shortened special session, and this year it runs from 2.20 pm to 3.30 pm. This year's session is being held on a Sunday as Diwali has fallen on the weekend.
In the commodity segment, MCX is holding its special session from 2:05 pm to 2.19 pm, while the trading session will run from 2.20 pm to 3.30 pm. The commodity exchange pointed out that contracts of all commodities and indices will be available for trading.
The decades-old tradition of Muhurat Trading was started by the Bombay Stock Exchange in 1957, and has been taken up by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) since 1992. Traditionally, brokers performed Chopda Pujan, a ritualistic worship of account books, during this session to mark the auspicious start of the new financial year.
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