New Delhi, March 16 -- Stocks to buy for the long term: The Indian stock market benchmark Nifty 50 slipped about 0.70 per cent for the trading week ending Thursday, March 13. It ended 73 points, or 0.33 per cent, down at 22,397.20.

Friday, 14 March, was a holiday on account of Holi.

The index has declined 15 per cent from its peak of 26,277.35 on September 27, driven by sustained foreign capital outflows, weak corporate earnings, slowing economic growth, and escalating fears of a major trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

Technical patterns are giving mixed signals for the index at this juncture.

According to Kunal Kamble, Senior Technical Research Analyst at Bonanza Group, the Nifty 50 historically tend...