Diwali Muhurat Trading 2026 LIVE: Check stock picks and time for special session today - Pre-open, normal market, rules

Livemint reported on the Diwali Muhurat trading session for 2026, a one-hour special window in which Indian exchanges open for trading on the festival day, preceded by a pre-open call auction and followed by the normal session structure and rules. The headline indicates live coverage of stock picks, session timing, and the mechanics of pre-open and regular trading, but it does not specify index levels, volumes, or any policy change. The transmission mechanism here is primarily liquidity and sentiment rather than fundamentals: a short, ceremonial session concentrates participation into a narrow window, so price moves during Muhurat tend to reflect positioning, retail flows, and symbolic investor sentiment rather than a durable change in risk appetite. Domestic large-cap equities and index derivatives on the National Stock Exchange and BSE are the most directly exposed, since they carry the bulk of the session's volume, while small caps may show wider intraday swings on thinner order books. Traders will be watching the closing auction and the first-hour price discovery in the regular session that follows, as well as the next scheduled macro releases on Indian inflation and central ba

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