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Stock Market LIVE updates: Sensex, Nifty decline ahead of Budget presentation

WHAT'S THE STORY?

Mumbai: The Stock Market are open for regular trading on February 1, 2026, i.e., Sunday. The Union Budget 2026-27 will be presented by Finance Minister

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Nirmala Sitharaman today at 11 am, this is the reason that markets are opening today. The Sensex dropped 278.55 points to 82,287.82 in early trade. The NSE Nifty declined 115.30 points to 25,303.60.

Stock Market LIVE updates

  • The benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty settled lower on Friday. The BSE Sensex dropped 296.59 points to end at 82,269.78. The 50-share NSE Nifty went down 98.25 points to close at 25,320.65 in a volatile session.
  • The BSE and NSE have informed that the Market timings will be as per the regular schedule followed during the weekdays.
Trading sessions Time
Block Deal session 1 Open 08:45 hrs
Block Deal session 1 Close 09:00 hrs
Pre-open session (Regular) Open 09:00 hrs
Special Pre-open session (SPOS 09:00 hrs
Pre-open session (Regular) Close 09:08 hrs
T+0 Market Open Time 09:15 hrs
Normal / Odd lot market Open 09:15 hrs
Call Auction Illiquid session (6 sessions of 1 hour each) From 09:30 hrs
Special Pre-open session (SPOS) Close 09:45 hrs
T+0 Market Close Time 13:30 hrs
T+0 Trade modification end time 13:45 hrs
Auction market Open 14:00 hrs
Block Deal session 2 Open 14:05 hrs
Block Deal session 2 Close 14:20 hrs
Auction market Close 14:30 hrs
Normal / Odd lot market Close 15:30 hrs
Call Auction Illiquid session (6 sessions of 1 hour each) 15:30 hrs<
Closing session Open 15:40 hrs
Closing session Close 16:00 hrs
Trade Modification cut-off time * 16:15 hrs
  • Economic Survey 2026 has projected India’s economy to grow by 6.8-7.2 per cent in the fiscal year starting April. The survey reaffirms the country’s status as the world’s fastest-growing major economy despite geopolitical tensions, tariff wars clouding the outlook.
  • In January 2025, NIFTY50 closed in the red mark with a decline of about 3 percent. The main reasons behind the decline are global tension, tariffs, geo-political tension, relentless selling by FIIs and weakness in the Rupee. However, last week, the India-Europe Free Trade Agreement (FTA), helped recover from lower levels. The volatility index went above India VIX 14, which indicates that on the budget day the market may see sharp fluctuations. Currently VIX has closed around 13.6, so a move of about 1 percent on Budget Day is considered possible.

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