Stock market today, Dec. 17 -- The Indian stock market largely remained unchanged in the early morning session on Wednesday, with both indices - Sensex and Nifty - attempted to stabilise after two consecutive sessions of declines, as investors assessing mixed global cues and U.S. employment data that failed to provide clear direction on the future path of interest rates.

In early trading, the S&P BSE Sensex inched up 51 points, or 0.06%, to 84,731, while the NSE Nifty 50 edged down 14 points, or 0.05%, to 25,874.

The Nifty Banking index has slipped into negative territory, reversing an earlier 50-point gain to a loss of more than 120 points, and is now trading nearly 200 points below the day's high.

Nifty reclaimed its 26000 mark in it...