Stock markets closed for Bali Pratipada festival; trading to resume on October 23

Stock markets remained closed connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) connected relationship of the festival vacation of Bali Pratipada. As per the authoritative National Stock Exchange (NSE) vacation calendar, the markets are unopen for contiguous (October 22, 2025), and trading volition resume connected Thursday (October 23, 2025).

Bali Pratipada is an important festival that commemorates the legendary triumph of Lord Vishnu's Vamana avatar implicit the mighty yet virtuous demon king Bali. The festival symbolises humility, devotion, and the equilibrium of cosmic order, and is considered an auspicious time for caller beginnings and prosperity.

Meanwhile, successful different Asian markets, a mixed inclination was seen. Japan's Nikkei 225 scale was down by 0.4%, portion Singapore's Straits Times was up by 0.25%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale declined by 0.82%, Taiwan's Weighted Index fell by 0.53%, and South Korea's KOSPI scale gained 0.23%.

Investors tin resume trading enactment time (October 23, 2025) pursuing the mid-week festival break. The benchmark indices ended marginally higher successful the peculiar Muhurat trading league connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025), with the Nifty closing astir 25,900. While the Sensex and Nifty remained mostly flat, broader markets saw gains.

The BSE Midcap scale roseate 0.3%, and the Smallcap scale precocious 1%. At the extremity of the Muhurat trading session, Nifty stood astatine 25,868.60, up 25.45 points oregon 0.10%, portion Sensex ended astatine 84,426.34, up 62.97 points oregon 0.07%. Among Nifty stocks, apical gainers included Cipla, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Infosys, and M&M.

On the flip side, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Max Healthcare, and Asian Paints were among the losers. Barring Nifty PSU Banks and Realty, each sectoral indices ended successful green, with Nifty Media, Metal, and Pharma being the apical gainers.

The speech platforms — Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the NSE — were unfastened for trading from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., marking the opening of Samvat 2082.