Diwali Mahurat Trading 2025 Live Updates: SBI, Bharti Airtel at record highs ahead of special session

– Nifty Auto up 15.7%

– Nifty PSU Bank up 17.1%

– Nifty Financial Services up 15.2%

– Nifty Bank up 12.9%

– Nifty Metal up 9.2%

The Mahurat Trading session for the new Samvat is set to begin shortly.

Both the exchanges are decked up in light of the same.BSE is all decked up for the Mahurat trading session that will start at 1:45 pm. Stay tuned

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Shares of Bharti Airtel, the telecom services provider, made an intraday record high of ₹2,057 on Monday.

The stock has gained in three out of the last four trading sessions.

The stock has gained 4.8% in the last one month, taking the year-to-date advance to nearly 30%.

Bharti Airtel has been among the best performing stocks on the Nifty 50 index in 2025.

– US equities rally towards record highs again

– White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett tells CNBC that he is optimistic that the government shutdown could end this week

– Trump says it is going to be a great deal for both the US and China

– Gold prices continue to hit new record levels

– Banking sector deals galore, but is there more coming after Yes Bank, Sammaan Capital, RBL Bank?

– Nifty 428 points away from all-time high levels

– Nifty support seen at 40-Hour Exponential Moving Average at 25,541

– Nifty Bank support seen at 20-HMA of 57,693 and 40-HEMA of 57,305

US markets ended higher overnight.

Benchmark indices gained over 1% on rising optimism of a potential trade deal between the US and China.

There is also optimism that the US government shutdown could end this week.

Shares of SBI made an intraday record high of ₹913.65 on Monday, surpassing the previous high of ₹912 that the stock had hit on June 3, 2024.

Shares of India’s largest lender have gained in seven out of the last eight trading sessions.

The stock is up 6% in the last one month, extending its year-to-date advance to 15%.

Most of the analysts covering the stock have a “buy” recommendation. The lender is yet to report its results for the September quarter.

Six Nifty 50 constituents, Bajaj Finserv, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel, Apollo Hospitals, Bajaj Finance and HDFC Bank hit record highs during Monday’s trading session.

More on all of these stocks in subsequent posts.

The Samvat gone by has been a quiet one for the Nifty 50.

The benchmark index underperformed most of its global peers.

While indices like the South Korean Kospi, or the Nasdaq in the US gained between 25% to 45% in US Dollar terms, the Nifty 50 delivered returns of 2.2%. This is also due to the recent surge seen in October. Else the index was negative on a year-to-date basis as well.

The Nifty 50 has been on a four-day winning streak going into the Mahurat trading session.

The index has gained 700 points during this four-day run.

At one point on Monday, the index even crossed the 25,900 mark intraday.

Good Afternoon!

Welcome to CNBC-TV18’s Live coverage of the Mahurat trading session of the new samvat.

This time around, unlike the earlier years, the Mahurat trading session on the BSE and NSE has been scheduled for 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM.