Shares of HCL Technologies (up 1.02 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Larsen & Toubro Infotech (down 2.94 per cent), MPhasis (down 2.74 per cent), Oracle Financial Services Software (down 2.01 per cent), Coforge (down 1.73 per cent) and Mindtree (down 1.43 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.69 per cent down at 35400.05.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 188.25 points at 17396.9, while the BSE Sensex stood down 524.96 points at 58490.93.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 9 ended in the green, while 41 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, GMR Infra, ITC and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of HLE Glasscoat, Blue Chip India, Neogen Chemicals, Royal Orchid and CESC Ventures hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Krsnaa Diagnostics Ltd., Jiya Eco Products Lt, PVP Ventures Ltd., Rajvir Ind and CarTrade Tech Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.
