Buy or sell, Dec. 13 -- The Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, closed with healthy gains for the second straight session on Friday, December 12, buoyed by buying in metal shares and positive global trends following the rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 449.53 points or 0.53% to settle at 85,267.66. During the day, it jumped 502.69 points or 0.59% to 85,320.82. However, for the week, indices logged a 0.5% weekly fall, as investors booked profits near record highs during the initial three sessions.

Commenting on the stock market outlook for next week, Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, said the Indian stock market sentiment has improved as the Nifty 50 index su...