Stock market closed: NSE, BSE shut for Muharram today

Indian stock markets will remain closed today, June 26 on account of Muharram, with trading suspended across major segments on both the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Trading in equities, equity derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLBs), currency derivatives, and interest rate derivatives will remain shut for the day on both exchanges.

Meanwhile, the commodity derivatives segment will remain closed during the morning session from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, but trading will resume in the evening session between 5:00 pm and 11:30 pm/11:55 pm.

Trading on the NSE and BSE will resume on June 29 (Monday).

Indian benchmark indices extended the winning streak ...

At close, the Sensex was up 109.25 points or 0.14 percent at 77,100.47, and the Nifty was up 34.35 points or 0.14 percent at 24,056..

The broader indices underperformed the main indices with Nifty midcap and smallcap index falling 0.5 percent each.

Biggest Nifty gainers were Interglobe Aviation, M&M, Max Healthcare, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Consumer, while losers included ONGC, Power Grid Corp, Hindalco, Bharat Electronics and Tech Mahindra.

Sectoral indices ended mixed with FMCG gained 0.7%, Real...