Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.7%
The Nifty IT index closed 0.7 per cent up at 33613.1.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a positive note on Wednesday.Shares of Coforge Ltd.(up 2.51 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 2.35 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.44 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.96 per cent) and Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.5 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.42 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.7 per cent up at 33613.1.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 68.75 points at 22597.8, while the BSE Sensex stood up 267.75 points at 74221.06.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, NHPC, YES Bank, IRB Infra Dev. and RattanIndia Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Tainwala Chem, GeeCee Ventures, Ausom Enterprise, GE Power India and PNC Infratech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Revathi Equip, Brightcom Group, Karda Const, Valiant Laboratories and Indegene hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
