Stock Market Holidays: Both the major indices of the Indian stock market – Sensex and Nifty closed with marginal gains in the special one-hour Muhurat trading session held on the occasion of Diwali on Tuesday, October 21. This happened giving a positive sign to the beginning of the new Samvat year 2082. Global markets also remained strong. Indian stock market will remain closed on 22 October.
Stock market will remain closed on 22 October
On Tuesday, October 21, due to Diwali Lakshmi Puja, the markets remained closed and only Muhurta trading took place. At the same time, on Wednesday, October 22, BSE and NSE will remain completely closed due to Diwali Balipratipada. The Indian stock market will resume normal operations from Thursday, October 23.
Stock market holidays in 2025
There were a total of three holidays in this month i.e. October. Earlier the market was closed on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra. Then on 21st October, due to Diwali Lakshmi Puja, only 1 hour Muhurta trading took place. At the same time, the market will remain closed on October 22 due to Diwali Balipratipada.
Now there are two months left in 2025, November and December. In both these months the stock market will remain closed for one day each. There will be a holiday on 5th November for Prakash Parv of Shri Guru Nanak Dev and on 25th December for Christmas.
Sensex and Nifty on Muhurta trading
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed 62.97 points or 0.07% higher at 84,426.34. During this session, Sensex witnessed a high of 84,665.44 and a low of 84,286.40. NSE Nifty closed 25.45 points or 0.10% higher at 25,868.60. 25 Nifty stocks closed down, 24 stocks advanced and 1 stock remained stable.
Top Gainers and Losers of Muhurta Trading
Major gainers in Sensex during Muhurta trading included Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors. Top losers were Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, HCL Technologies, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki India, Trent Limited and Tata Consultancy Services.
There was a lot of enthusiasm in the domestic stock market during Muhurat trading today. After one hour of trading, at the end of the day, only Nifty indices of PSU Bank, Realty and Financial Services closed in the red zone. In the Nifty indices of other sectors, except Nifty Media, there was less than half a percent movement.