Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.26% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 09:59AM (IST) on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

HCL Technologies (up 0.96 per cent), Mindtree (up 0.85 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Infotech (up 0.77 per cent), Infosys (up 0.39 per cent) and Tata Consultancy (up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Oracle Financial Services Software (down 0.53 per cent), Tech Mahindra (down 0.37 per cent) and Wipro (down 0.06 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty IT index was up 0.26 per cent at 35493.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 36.8 points at 17433.7, while the BSE Sensex was up 176.13 points at 58667.06.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, SBI Cards, YES Bank, SAIL and ONGC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of NDTV, RPG Life Sci, Godrej Properties, Sigma Solve and Shah Alloys hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd., Intnl Conveyors, Krsnaa Diagnostics Ltd., CarTrade Tech Ltd. and Generic Engg hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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