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Modest Muhurat gains for indices
Financial Express Bengaluru
|October 22, 2025
AFTER HITTING NEW 52-week highs in the one-hour special Muhurat trading on Tuesday, equity benchmarks-Nifty 50 and Sensex-closed only around 0.1% higher largely due to profit-booking.
This was the worst Muhurat trading session in eight years. However, the broader indices outperformed the benchmark indices.
The Nifty 50 settled at 25,868.60 points after hitting 25,934.35 intraday, its highest level since September 30, 2024 and the 30-stock Sensex closed at 84,26.34 after touching a 52-week high of 84,665.44. The BSE Smallcap closed nearly 1% higher, while the BSE Midcap ended 0.2% up.
Investorwealth also touched a new one-year high of ₹470.1 lakh crore, gaining ₹115,248 crore in the Muhurat session.
This story is from the October 22, 2025 edition of Financial Express Bengaluru.
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