Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.1% in a weak market

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

Coforge(up 1.94 per cent), Persistent Systems(up 1.65 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd(up 0.76 per cent), Wipro(up 0.57 per cent) and L&T Technology(up 0.49 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Tata Consultancy(down 0.46 per cent), Tech Mahindra(down 0.13 per cent) and Infosys(down 0.03 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty IT index was up 0.1 per cent at 28415.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 29.3 points at 17985.3, while the BSE Sensex was down 103.46 points at 60462.96.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, IOB, PNB, Suzlon Energy and UCO Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Omfurn India Ltd., Pulz Electronics, Vinny Overseas, Usha Martin and Madhya Bharat Agro hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sintex Inds., Asahi Songwon, IMP Powers Ltd, Laurus Labs and Goenka Diamond hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.