Indians stocks off to weak start to truncated trading week

Indian stocks opened the fresh week on a tepid note, after a one-hour bumper Muhurat trade on Diwali evening.

Benchmark Nifty and Sensex were about 0.4 per cent lower each at the time of filing this report. Sensex rose as high as about 500 points, to later erase some of its initial gains during Muhurat trading, marking the bright start to Samvat 2080 for Indian stocks.

During the one-hour window between 6.15-and 7.15 pm yesterday, investors placed orders for stocks according to their wishes which they believed to be auspicious and would bring in good returns.