Buy or sell stocks, Oct. 24 -- Following the uncertainty surrounding global trade developments, the Indian stock market witnessed selective profit-booking and finished flat on Thursday. The Nifty 50 index added 22 points and closed at 25,891. The BSE Sensex gained 130 points and closed at 84,556, while the Bank Nifty index finished 70 points higher at 58,078. Among sectors, the IT index outperformed on the previous session, rallying over 2%. This could become possible due to US President Donald Trump's more conciliatory tone on the H-1 B visas.

Vaishali Parekh, Vice President of Technical Research at Prabhudas Lilladher, believes the Indian stock market sentiment is positive despite profit-booking on Thursday. The Prabhudas Lilladher exp...