Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.3%
Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 2.37 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 1.79 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 1.47 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.3 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.78 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.24 per cent) and Infosys Ltd.(down 0.02 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.3 per cent up at 34846.05.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 104.9 points at 21255.05, while the BSE Sensex stood up 358.79 points at 70865.1.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 ended in the green, while 15 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Indian Railway Fin, Reliance Power and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Starteck Finance, Hindcon Chemicals, Vertoz Advertising, Arman Financial and Lokesh Machines hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bohra Industries, Bajel Projects, Nandani Creation, Flair Writing Indust and Kabra Extrusion hit their fresh 52-week lows.
