Stock market update: Nifty IT index falls 0.68%
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 2.12 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.3 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(down 1.28 per cent) and Wipro Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.68 per cent down at 33129.5.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 59.05 points at 20133.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 241.79 points at 67596.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Central Bank and UCO Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of KIOCL, IOB, PTL Enterprises, UCO Bank and Ramco Systems hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while J B Chemicals, Setubandhan Infra, Viaz Tyres, Penta Gold and Ratnaveer Precision hit their fresh 52-week lows.
