Buy or sell stocks, Sept. 8 -- The key benchmark indices of the Indian stock market witnessed a highly volatile trading session. However, post noon, the market recovered from its early losses, aided by positive global cues and investor optimism ahead of the crucial US jobs data. At the close, the Sensex settled almost flat at 80,710.76, down 7.25 points or 0.01%, while the Nifty ended with a marginal gain of 0.03% at 24,741, up 6.70 points. The flat closing highlights cautious sentiment among market participants, as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines ahead of key economic announcements.

On the sectoral front, performance remained mixed. Nifty Auto outperformed with gains of over 1%, followed by Nifty Metal and Nifty Media, wh...