Shares of Larsen & Toubro Infotech(up 1.24 per cent), Mindtree(up 0.68 per cent), HCL Technologies(up 0.06 per cent) and Tech Mahindra(up 0.01 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, L&T Technology(down 3.47 per cent), MPhasis(down 2.15 per cent), Wipro(down 1.35 per cent), Infosys(down 1.09 per cent) and Coforge(down 0.7 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.7 per cent down at 36846.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 152.15 points at 18266.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 456.09 points at 61259.96.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 ended in the green, while 39 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, PNB, YES Bank and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Arihant Found, Transport Corp, Ugro Capital, Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd. and Mukta Arts hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Destiny Logistics & Infra Ltd., Marine Electricals, Quadpro ITeS Ltd., Strides Shasun and Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.
