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NSE, BSE To Conduct 1-Hr Diwali Muhurat Trading On October 21

The market will remain closed for regular trading on Diwali, but a special trading window will be open for one hour.

New Delhi: Stock exchanges NSE and BSE will conduct a special Muhurat trading session on Tuesday, October 21, to mark the festival of Diwali, the bourses announced on Monday. The symbolic trading session will be held between 1:45 pm and 2:45 pm, the stock exchanges said in separate circulars. Last year, the special Muhurat trading session was held from 6 pm to 7 pm.

The new session also marks the beginning of a new Samvat (Vikram Samvat 2082) -- the Hindu calendar year that starts on Diwali -- and it is believed that trading during the 'Muhurat' or auspicious hour brings prosper

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