Indian stock market, Feb. 8 -- Both Indian indices - Sensex and Nifty - ended Friday, February 6, in positive territory, led by buying in select heavyweight stocks including ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and ICICI Bank.

The Sensex advanced 266 points, or 0.32%, to close at 83,580.40, while the Nifty 50 added 51 points, or 0.20%, to finish at 25,693.70.

According to Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, the Nifty 50 began the session on a weak note and remained under selling pressure in the first half, marking an intraday low at 25,491.90. However, a rebound in the latter half led to a recovery of nearly 210 points from the day's low, and the index ultimately settled at 25,693.70, reflecting strong buying interest at lower le...