Stock, commodity markets to open for Diwali Muhurat trading today

The headline reports that Indian stock and commodity exchanges will hold a special one-hour Muhurat trading session on Diwali, a long-standing tradition that marks the start of the Hindu financial year. The session is largely symbolic and ceremonial, but it typically draws elevated retail participation and can serve as a barometer of near-term sentiment in Indian equities and commodity futures. Transmission to broader markets usually runs through domestic risk appetite and retail flows rather than macro fundamentals, since the low trading volumes limit the price discovery that would move rates or currency expectations. The Indian equity benchmarks and the most liquid commodity contracts, such as gold and silver futures, are the instruments most visibly exposed, given their popularity during the festival period. Traders will watch the session's closing levels against the prior year's Muhurat close and the first full trading day that follows for signs of whether festive-season optimism carries into regular sessions.

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