Buy or sell stocks, Feb. 19 -- The Indian stock market continued its upward rally for the third straight session on Wednesday, February 18, with healthy buying across sectors, driven by positive global cues. The Sensex closed 283 points, or 0.34%, higher at 83,734.25, while the Nifty 50 ended at 25,819.35, gaining 94 points, or 0.37%.

The Nifty index experienced sharp intraday volatility but maintained a bullish structure, signaling strong buying interest and improving market sentiment. It opened at 25,752.52 and immediately corrected nearly 115 points to form the day's low at 25,645.15.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that the index staged a robust rebound of about 182 points, after brief consolidation, r...