Stock market update: Nifty IT index falls 0.62%
The Nifty IT index closed 0.62 per cent down at 34969.1.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a negative note on Tuesday.Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 1.3 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 0.93 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.29 per cent) and Coforge Ltd.(up 0.13 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 1.49 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.08 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 0.86 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.66 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.6 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.62 per cent down at 34969.1.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 92.05 points at 22004.7, while the BSE Sensex stood down 361.64 points at 72470.3.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Indian Railway Fin, Zomato and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Onelife Capital, Time Technoplast, The Hi-Tech Gears, Apar Industries and Torrent Power hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while SITI Networks, Compuage Infocom, SCI Land and Assets, Mangalam Organics and Exxaro Tiles hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
