Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.62% in an upbeat market
Infosys Ltd.(up 1.38 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.89 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.84 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 0.15 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.09 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Coforge Ltd.(down 1.08 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.05 per cent) and Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.03 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was up 0.62 per cent at 38236.8 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 115.75 points at 22026.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 340.69 points at 72391.07.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, NHPC, YES Bank, PNB and Indian Renewable were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Rain Ind., RKEC Projects, Coffee Day Ent, DB(Intl)Stock and Natco Pharma hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, N K Industries, Techindia Nirman, Next Mediaworks and Tarapur Trans hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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