Buy or sell stocks, March 27 -- The Indian stock market gained as much as 1.7% on Wednesday, March 25, on growing optimism around potential US-Iran war peace talks.

The Nifty 50 ended the session with a 1.72% surge at 23,306, taking its two-day rally to 3.55%. The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 75,273, up 1.63% from the previous close. The broader markets also delivered a similar performance, with both the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 rising 2.3% and 2.6%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the Nifty 50 opened higher with a gap-up of 150.80 points at 23,064.40, and the day's low stayed close to this level at 23,063.20. The index showed strong upward movement during the session, rising 402.15 points from its low to reach an intraday high o...