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.

Nirmala Sitharaman, however, could escape the curse of markets closing lower on Budget day, the BSE Sensex ended 5.4 points higher on as February 1. The Finance Minister, in her eighth budget, provided relief to tax filers by increasing the tax exemption limit to Rs 12 lakh.

The BSE Sensex rose 247.81 points or 0.37 per cent to 77,748.38. Nifty added 74 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 23,582.85.

Sensex and Nifty show volatility after the Union Budget 2023 presentation, disappointing retail investors. Markets opened higher but later declined.

Indian shares ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday, with optimism around upcoming Union Budget and expectations for a

Indian benchmark indices opened higher on Saturday, ahead of the Union Budget 2025 announcement. At the start of the day, Sensex gained 57.20 points, or 0.07 per cent, reaching 77,557.77, while the Nifty rose 11.

Vijayakumar said the market will be looking for growth stimulating measures and not market-related taxation reliefs like changes in the capital gains taxation.