MUMBAI: India's benchmark indices ended the special Diwali Muhurat trading session lower on Sunday, November 8, reversing a firm opening as the new Hindu calendar year, Samvat 2083, began. The BSE Sensex settled 28.62 points, or 0.04 per cent, lower at 80,999.40, while the NSE Nifty closed 43.95 points, or 0.18 per cent, down at 24,986.40.

Source: ET Now via 7Globe closing report

This is a follow-up to the session the exchanges had announced in advance — a one-hour special sitting on a Sunday for Diwali. The session had opened higher: the Sensex started at 81,299.34, up 271.32 points from Friday's close of 81,028.02, and touched an intraday high of 81,442.11, while the Nifty opened at 25,070.45 and rose to 25,131.85 before the early gains faded.

Source: Upstox (opening session)

At the open, buying in blue-chips such as Sun Pharma, Tata Steel and ICICI Bank had lifted the Sensex by as much as 401.80 points in early trade, PTI reported from Mumbai.

Source: PTI via The Sen Times (opening session)

The lower finish is the first decline in a Muhurat session since 2017; the Nifty had closed higher in the eight consecutive Muhurat sessions from 2018 to 2025, Dainik Jagran English reported. Among Sensex stocks, 16 closed higher and 14 ended lower, with Sun Pharma and Tata Steel among the leading gainers and Mahindra & Mahindra and InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) among the major losers. Sun Pharma was also the top Nifty gainer, closing 2.96 per cent higher.

Source: Dainik Jagran English

The main session ran from 2:20 pm to 3:30 pm after a pre-open from 2:05 pm to 2:19 pm — the second straight year the Muhurat sitting was held in the afternoon rather than the traditional evening Lakshmi Puja hours. Regular trading resumes on Monday, November 9, and the market will remain closed on Tuesday, November 10 for Diwali-Balipratipada, according to the NSE holiday calendar cited in the reports.

Source: Dainik Jagran English