Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.48% in a weak market

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

Coforge(up 5.01 per cent), Mindtree(up 1.58 per cent), L&T Technology(up 1.57 per cent), MPhasis(up 0.77 per cent) and Wipro(up 0.6 per cent) were among the top gainers.

HCL Technologies(down 0.47 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty IT index was up 0.48 per cent at 36640.05 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 46.4 points at 18063.05, while the BSE Sensex was down 202.64 points at 60516.07.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, YES Bank and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Foods & Inns, Bigbloc Const, PB Fintech Ltd., TV Today Network and SEL Manufact hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Nidan Laboratories And Healthcare Ltd., Laxmi Cotspin, Supreme Infra, Vikas WSP and Quadpro ITeS Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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