Muhurat trading 2026: Sensex rises 350 points, Nifty above 25,100 as market extend gains on Diwali

The Sensex gained roughly 350 points and the Nifty traded above 25,100 during the special one-hour Muhurat trading session held on Diwali, extending the market's recent upward momentum. The move reflects a sentiment-driven rally rather than a major fundamental shift, as the symbolic session typically features lighter volumes and heightened retail participation. The primary transmission channel is risk appetite, with domestic institutional and retail buying lifting large-cap benchmarks, while the broader index strength may also signal positioning ahead of the festive-season and quarter-end period. Large-cap heavyweights in banking, financials and consumer names carry the greatest weight in both indices, making them the most directly exposed to the session's moves. Traders will watch the next scheduled regular-session close and any subsequent foreign institutional investor flow data to determine whether the Muhurat gains hold once normal volumes return.

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