The Indian stock market is open today as the BSE, NSE and MCX have announced a special trading session on Budget day.

The stock exchanges are open today, February 1, for a special trade session as the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Union Budget 2025 in Parliament today. Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session higher.

BSE Sensex opened over 100 points up at 77,637.01 on Saturday, Budget 2025 day while the NSE Nifty 50 index opened above the 23,500-mark. As FM Sitharaman proceeded with her Budget 2025 speech, the indices reacted rather subtly to the announcements and measures announced by her but slipped into red towards the end.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,438 level, a premium of nearly 20 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

During Sitharaman's speech, the Indian benchmarks erased morning gains and fell to the day's low. The Nifty 50 declined 0.81% to 23,318.30, and the Sensex fell 0.64% to 77,006.47.

Indian markets opened flat ahead of the Union Budget 2025, with Sensex and Nifty struggling for direction while mid- and small-cap stocks outshone

Indian stock markets opened flat in a special trading session on Saturday, ahead of the Budget presentation. The Nifty 50 index opened at 23,528.60, registering a gain of 20.20 points or 0.09 per cent,

FMCG and Realty shares emerged as top performers in the sectoral markets, with the Nifty FMCG, and Realty indices settling higher by over 3 per cent each