Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.41% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:33AM (IST) on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech (up 1.3 per cent), HCL Technologies (up 1.16 per cent), Oracle Financial Services Software (up 0.78 per cent), Tata Consultancy (up 0.52 per cent) and Coforge (up 0.49 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Tech Mahindra (down 0.4 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty IT index was up 0.41 per cent at 34222.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 35.75 points at 16670.4, while the BSE Sensex was up 130.34 points at 56074.55.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Canara Bank , Bharti Airtel and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of DU Digital Technologies Ltd., Refex Industries, Hind Rectifiers, ABB Power and Linde India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while CarTrade Tech Ltd., Radha Madhav and Keerti Knowledge hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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