Buy or sell stocks, Nov. 12 -- The Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, staged a smart turnaround in Tuesday's trading session (November 11), thus extending their winning run to the second day. Optimism around a US-India trade deal buoyed Street sentiments.

After remaining in the red for a majority of the session, Sensex and Nifty rebounded and closed the session with decent gains. Sensex jumped 335.97 points, or 0.40%, to settle at 83,871.32, while the Nifty climbed 120.60 points, or 0.47%, to close at 25,694.95.

Sectorally, a mixed trend kept traders engaged-IT, auto, and metal stocks outperformed, while financials, realty, and pharma ended subdued. In the broader market, the midcap index gained over half a per cent, whereas th...