IT stocks: Stock market update: IT stocks gain; Coforge rises over 1%

NEW DELHI: IT stocks were trading higher at 02:19PM (IST) on Thursday.

Shares of Coforge (up 1.58 per cent), HCL Technologies (up 1.51 per cent), Tata Consultancy (up 1.36 per cent), Info Edge (India) (up 0.71 per cent) and Tech Mahindra (up 0.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While MPhasis (down 2.51 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Infotech (down 1.46 per cent) and Wipro (down 0.26 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.55 per cent up at 24915.4 around 02:19PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 138.50 points at 15120.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 361.95 points at 51143.64.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of BHEL, Vodafone Idea, PNB, Coal India and Tata Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Hindustan Copper, NBCC , Tata Chemicals, BHEL and Zensar Tech hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.



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