Buy or sell stocks, July 25 -- The Indian stock market ended another session in negative territory on Friday, July 24, with benchmark indices extending their losing streak to five consecutive sessions. Investors remained cautious amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, while rising crude oil prices continued to weigh on sentiment.

The Nifty 50 slipped 0.43% to close at 23,767, falling below the 23,800 mark after losing 0.53% in the previous session. The BSE Sensex also declined 0.43% to settle at 76,408. The weakness was not limited to frontline indices, with the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 ending 0.10% and 0.32% lower, respectively.

The sell-off capped a difficult week for domestic equities. Both the Nifty...