Buy or sell stocks, March 6 -- The Indian stock market saw strong buying interest on Thursday, March 5, mainly driven by short covering following the recent decline that had pulled benchmark indices down by nearly 4% within a few days.

The BSE Sensex surged 900 points, or 1.14%, to close at 80,015.90, while the Nifty 50 advanced 1.17% to settle at 24,765.90.

On Thursday, the Indian benchmark index Nifty 50 opened with a gap-up at around 24,615.95 and touched a low of 24,529.40 during the first half of the session. However, strong upward momentum emerged in the second half, pushing the index to an intraday high of 24,854.20. The index eventually ended the session 285.40 points higher around 24765.90, gaining 1.17% over the previous close...