Mahurat Trading

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher by more than half a per cent in the special Mahurat trading session on Sunday driven by across-the-board buying by investors.

The Nifty ended up 0.06 per cent at 10,530 on Tuesday, while the benchmark BSE Sensex closed 0.12 per cent higher at 34,991.91.

Traditionally, on every Diwali evening, Indian stock market holds a special 'muhurat' trading. This year, the market will hold muhurat trading on Wednesday (October 26) in a hope that Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, will bring prosperity to the trade. The practice of muhurat trading has a rich past. Most traders consider...

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher by more than half a per cent in the special Mahurat trading session on Sunday driven by across-the-board buying by investors.

The Nifty ended up 0.06 per cent at 10,530 on Tuesday, while the benchmark BSE Sensex closed 0.12 per cent higher at 34,991.91.

Traditionally, on every Diwali evening, Indian stock market holds a special 'muhurat' trading. This year, the market will hold muhurat trading on Wednesday (October 26) in a hope that Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, will bring prosperity to the trade. The practice of muhurat trading has a rich past. Most traders consider...