The Indian stock markets are closed today on account of Muharram. Trading on both major exchanges, BSE and will remain shut today.
Trading across the equity, equity derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), currency derivatives, and interest rate derivatives segments will remain closed for the day.
The commodities markets will be closed for the morning session from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm but will operate as usual for the evening session from 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm/11:55 pm.
On Thursday, the Sensex advanced 109.25 points or 0.14% to close at 77,100.47, while the NSE Nifty 50 rose 34.35 points or 0.14% to settle at 24,056.
Both indices, however, gave up most of their intraday gains. Ankur Punj, MD & Business Head at Equirus Wealth noted that the market closed with tepid gains as investors booked profits in late trades ahead of an extended holiday.
The rupee ended 25 paise higher at Rs. 94.40 against the US dollar on Thursday compared with its previous close of Rs. 94.65.
