New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Breakout stocks to buy or sell: Indian benchmarks - Sensex and Nifty 50 - closed largely unchanged on Tuesday, December 23, amid profit booking at higher levels, capped gains.

Meanwhile, mid- and small-cap stocks posted modest gains amid mixed global signals. The Sensex slipped 43 points, or 0.05%, to settle at 85,524.84, while the Nifty 50 edged up 5 points, or 0.02%, to end at 26,177.15.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes the Nifty 50 opened on a positive note but traded largely sideways, indicating consolidation near the resistance level.

Speaking on the outlook of the Nifty 50 index, Sumeet Bagadia said, "The index briefly crossed 26,200 but failed to sustain higher levels due to a ...