Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.2% in an upbeat market
HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.43 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.65 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 0.41 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.37 per cent) and Coforge Ltd.(up 0.33 per cent) were among the top gainers.
MphasiS Ltd.(down 0.6 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was up 0.2 per cent at 34731.9 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 3.46 points at 21548.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 5.2 points at 71391.41.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, RattanIndia Power, Vodafone Idea, TV18 Broadcast and Infibeam Avenues were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
