Buy or sell stocks, Nov. 15 -- Indian equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty 50, closed the week higher on Friday following the reopening of the US government, improved domestic earnings and a favourable Bihar election outcome.

The Nifty 50 inched up 0.12% to 25,910.05, while the BSE Sensex rose 0.1% to 84,562.78. Both indices advanced roughly 1.6% over the week.

The broader market sentiment also remained buoyant, as small-cap and mid-cap indices rose about 1% and 1.5%, respectively.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that the Indian stock market sentiment is positive as the Nifty 50 index is sustaining above 25,750.

"On the upper side, the 50-stock index is facing a hurdle at 26,100. So, a bullish or a bearis...