Buy or sell stocks, April 26 -- After a positive start supported by favourable global cues, the Indian stock market witnessed sharp selling on Friday. This was on account of profit booking, which came in as cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan escalated following the terrorist attacks in Pahalgam, Kashmir. The nifty 50 index crashed 207 points and closed at 24,039. The BSE Sensex shed 588 points and finished at 79,212. The Bank Nifty index ended 537 points lower at 54,664. All the sectoral indices, barring Nifty IT, are closed in red. Realty and Financial services indices were the top losers, falling by nearly 3% each.

On the positive side, FII buying continued for the seventh consecutive session with inflows of around Rs.8,2...