Muhurat trading: Sensex up 320 pts, Nifty crosses 25,100; Tata Steel, Sun Pharma among top gainers

The BSE Sensex rose about 320 points and the NSE Nifty 50 crossed the 25,100 level during the special Muhurat trading session, with Tata Steel and Sun Pharmaceutical among the leading gainers. Muhurat sessions are a one-hour symbolic window held on Diwali, so the price action reflects a thin, sentiment-driven tape rather than full institutional participation. The advance is best read through a risk-appetite channel, where broad buying in heavyweight large caps signals improved domestic investor confidence and inflows into equities. Tata Steel's strength points to sensitivity to metals pricing and domestic steel demand, while Sun Pharma's gain highlights the defensive pharma sector's relative resilience. Traders will watch the next regular-session opening after the holiday and the upcoming monthly inflation and industrial production releases for confirmation of whether the upward momentum carries into full-volume trading.

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