Buy or sell stocks, Jan. 14 -- Following mixed global market sentiments and the weekly F&O expiry, the Indian stock market ended marginally lower on Tuesday. The Nifty 50 index rose 57 points and closed at 25,732, while the BSE Sensex shed 250 points and finished at 83,627. However, the Bank Nifty index ended 128 points higher at 59,578.

Sectoral trends were mixed, keeping participants engaged, with IT and metal stocks among the gainers, while real estate and pharmaceutical stocks remained subdued and closed in the red. The mid-cap and small-cap segments experienced selective participation, with small caps showing modest resilience, despite a moderate overall market breadth.

Vaishali Parekh, Vice President of Technical Research at Prabh...