New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- The Indian stock market on Monday snapped two-day gaining streak with Nifty managed to close above 26,000 in the volatile session.

At close, the Sensex was down 54.30 points or 0.06% at 85,213.36, and the Nifty was down 19.65 points or 0.08% at 26,027.30. BSE midcap index ended flat, while smallcap index rose 0.4%.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies remained stable at nearly Rs 470.4 lakh crore, unchanged from Rs 470.3 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, most indies ended higher with Nifty Media spiked 1.79%, while FMCG up by 0.69% and Consumer Durables was up by 0.52%. Further, Nifty Bank rose 0.12% while on the other hand, the Nifty Auto index was down 0.91%.

On Nifty, th...