Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.2%
Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 3.56 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 3.17 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 2.66 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 0.42 per cent) and Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.39 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.0 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.2 per cent up at 31164.9.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 93.65 points at 19253.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 255.84 points at 64831.41.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 37 closed in the red.
Shares of IDFC First Bank, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Ashok Leyland and Alok Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Aeroflex Industries, Manugraph India, HLV Ltd., Hercules Hoists and North Eastern(PP)hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while TCNS Clothing, Allcargo Terminals, Penta Gold, Vedanta and SS Infrastructure hit their fresh 52-week lows.
