Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 2.57%

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

Shares of Mindtree (up 3.85 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Infotech (up 3.85 per cent), MPhasis (up 3.46 per cent), Wipro (up 3.4 per cent) and Tech Mahindra (up 3.35 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Oracle Financial Services Software (down 0.28 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 2.57 per cent up at 33414.75.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 51.55 points at 16614.6, while the BSE Sensex stood up 209.69 points at 55792.27.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Vedanta, Devyani International Ltd. and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of FIEM Industries, Apollo Hospital, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd., Confidence Petro and MRO-TEK Realty hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Akash Infra-Proj, Transwind Infrastruc, YES Bank, Ujjivan SFB and Future Market hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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