A rare red Diwali: Sensex breaks its Muhurat trading winning streak

The BSE Sensex closed lower during the one-hour Muhurat trading session held on Diwali, breaking a run of consecutive gains for the special session. The move is best read through risk appetite and sentiment rather than a single macro shock, since the session is a low-volume, symbolic trade that often carries a ceremonial tilt toward buying. Large-cap Indian equities, which dominate index weighting, tend to be the most sensitive to shifts in foreign institutional flows during such thin trading windows. Traders will look to the regular-session open after the holiday and to incoming foreign portfolio investor flow data to determine whether the reversal reflects genuine selling pressure or simply a subdued holiday tape.

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