Stock market news, Feb. 18 -- India's stock market indices are likely to open relatively unchanged on Wednesday, following slight gains in the previous session primarily driven by IT stocks after the Infosys-Anthropic partnership.

The Gift Nifty was hovering around the 25,762 mark, showing a premium of nearly 23 points over the previous close of Nifty futures.

Analysts predict a continuation of consolidation due to the lack of significant catalysts.

On Tuesday, both the Nifty 50 and Sensex increased by about 0.2%, with the IT index gaining roughly 1% as investors reacted positively to the potential AI-related deal momentum in complex, regulated sectors after Infosys revealed its collaboration with Anthropic.

Nifty 50 closed in the pos...