Stock market today, June 18 -- Indian equities opened largely unchanged on Thursday as the positive impact of lower crude oil prices following the US-Iran peace agreement was offset by weakness in information technology stocks after the US Federal Reserve maintained interest rates but signalled the possibility of a rate hike later this year.

However, the benchmark Nifty 50 was up 0.11% to 24,112 . 80, while the BSE Sensex rose 0.12% higher to 77,248.53 as of 10:18 IST.

The muted start follows a strong four-session rally that saw the Nifty 50 and Sensex gain about 4% and 4.5%, respectively, supported by easing oil prices and improving global sentiment.

Brent crude declined around 1.7% to $78.2 per barrel after the United States and Iran...