Buy or sell stocks, Oct. 18 -- The Indian stock market continued the upbeat trend for the third straight session on Friday. The Bank Nifty index climbed to a new lifetime high of 57,830.20. The Nifty 50 index finished 124 points higher at 25,709, while the BSE Sensex ended 484 points higher at 83,952. Such a positive trend on Dalal Street ahead of Dhanteras has boosted the morale of bulls.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes the Indian stock market sentiment has turned positive as the Nifty 50 index broke above the 25,500 resistance and extended its gains further. The 50-stock index is now set to touch 26,000 and 26,300 in the near term. One should maintain a stock-specific approach and look at those stocks tha...