Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.76%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a positive note on Monday.

Shares of HCL Technologies(up 2.08 per cent), Tata Consultancy(up 1.6 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Infotech(up 1.51 per cent), Wipro(up 1.47 per cent) and Tech Mahindra(up 0.61 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, MPhasis(down 2.31 per cent), L&T Technology(down 1.51 per cent) and Mindtree(down 0.22 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.76 per cent up at 34870.75.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 27.5 points at 17053.95, while the BSE Sensex stood up 153.43 points at 57260.58.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 ended in the green, while 32 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, YES Bank, PNB and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Universus Photo, Trejhara Solutions L, BEML, Raymond and Marshall Machines hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Sapphire Foods India Ltd., Rajshree Polypack, Kesoram Inds.(PP), Quadpro ITeS Ltd. and RPP Infra Proj(PP)hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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