Market Now: HCL Tech, OFSS keep Nifty IT index in the green

NEW DELHI: IT stocks HCL Technologies (up 2.03 per cent), Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) (up 1.31 per cent), Tech Mahindra (up 0.45 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (up 0.19 per cent) and Infosys (up 0.18 per cent) were trading up in afternoon trade on Thursday, keeping the Nifty IT index in the green.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.47 per cent up at 11,357 around 01:20 pm (IST).

However, KPIT Technologies (down 1.19 per cent), Infibeam Incorporation (down 0.40 per cent), Tata Elxsi (down 0.26 per cent), MindTree (down 0.12 per cent) and Wipro (down 0.08 per cent) were trading in the red in the IT index.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 5 points at 10,449, while the BSE Sensex was flat at 33,778.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Larsen & Toubro, HCL Technologies, Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp, Hindalco and Cipla were trading as the top gainers of the Nifty50 index.

Mahindra & Mahindra, Axis Bank, Maruti Suzuki and Hindustan Unilever were among the top drags on Nifty50 index.