Among Sensex stocks, Bharti Airtel, Maruti, IndusInd Bank, HCL Tech, HUL and Infosys were the top losers in today's trading session, falling around 1-3 per cent. Axis Bank, Nestle, Asian Paints, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finance and Titan also settled lower.

Sectorally, the Nifty Metal rose 2.38 per cent and Nifty Pharma surged 2.12 per cent. While Nifty IT and Nifty Healthcare also closed higher. In the broader market, Nifty Midcap50 advanced 0.83 per cent and Smallcap50 rose 0.47 per cent.

Among Sensex stocks, UltraTech Cement, M&M, L&T, HDFC, Sun Pharma and HDFC Bank were the top gainers in today's trading session, rising around 2.5-4 per cent. Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra also settled higher.

With a 9% rally, Maruti Suzuki ended up being the top Sensex performer last week as investors lapped up shares of India's largest car maker after a superb show in its Q2. Nifty Auto has anyways been the top performer so far in the calendar year 2022 with a rally of over 20%.

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Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank, SBI and Axis Bank ended the session with cuts.

Among Sensex stocks, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel were the top gainers in today's trading session, rising around 2-3 per cent.

Among Sensex stocks, Nestle, HUL, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Bank, HDFC and Reliance were the top gainers in today's trading session, falling around 1.5-2.5 per cent.

The festival of Diwali, which also marks the beginning of Hindu accounting calendar year Vikram Samvat, holds special importance for traders. As the auspicious occasion is believed to bring in wealth and prosperity, stock exchanges open a special one-hour Muhurat trading session.

Benchmark equity indices closed higher on Friday, the last trading day of Samvat 2078, led by the banking stocks. The 30-share Sensex ended 104 points higher at 59,307, while its broader peer Nifty 50 ended above the 17,550 level. From Samvat 2077, Sensex fell 0.78% to 59,307, while Nifty50 ended 1.42% lower at 17,576.