Stock market update: Nifty IT index falls 0.8% in a weak market
L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 1.05 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Infosys Ltd.(down 1.19 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 0.96 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(down 0.74 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.74 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was down 0.8 per cent at 32642.15 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 46.9 points at 19627.35, while the BSE Sensex was down 146.79 points at 65862.36.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.
Shares of JP Power, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IFCI and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sonu Infratech, MTNL, Schneider, Nelcast and KM Sugar Mills hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Delta Corp, Pramara Promotions, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, FutureLifestyleFash and Shree Ram Proteins hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
