Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.7% in an upbeat market
MPhasis(up 1.36 per cent), Persistent Systems(up 1.3 per cent), Tech Mahindra(up 1.19 per cent), L&T Technology(up 1.15 per cent) and HCL Technologies(up 0.75 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Coforge(down 0.32 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was up 0.7 per cent at 31082.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 102.9 points at 19445.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 368.8 points at 65444.62.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.
Shares of Reliance Power, Zomato, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Pritika Engineering, P E Analytics, Delta Manufacturing, Ameya Precision Engi and Shakti Pumps hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while BKM Industries, Penta Gold, Proventus Agrocom, Rajnandini Metal and Rajesh Exports hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
