Stock market, Dec. 5 -- Volatility prevailed and trends suppressed any kind of recovery that was witnessed in Indian stock markets on Thursday, 4 December. The Sensex expiry witnessed strong trended action in certain select stocks that continued to keep the bullish hopes alive.

With markets opening up, expect trends to resume bullishness.

The equity benchmarks pared some gains in a volatile Thursday session as profit booking trimmed intraday advances, with the Sensex retreating roughly 200 points from its peak and the Nifty slipping below 26,050.

The Sensex began weak, down 156.83 points at 84,949.98, while the Nifty eased about 47 points to 25,938.95. Both indices later recovered, the Sensex climbing as high as 85,476.62 - a gain of 3...