Buy or sell stocks, Aug. 23 -- This week, both indexes, NSE and BSE experienced a 1% increase, driven by advancements in the automobile and consumer sectors due to anticipated demand growth resulting from changes in the goods and services tax (GST) which were announced on August 15, 2025 and S&P's recent upgrade of India's sovereign rating.

Even though the hopes for tax reforms pushed the weekly gains, the benchmarks declined on Friday as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's address at the annual Jackson Hole symposium.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes the Indian stock market sentiment has taken a cautious stance after making weekly gains. The Choice Broking ...