Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.59% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:14AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

HCL Technologies(up 1.6 per cent), Infosys(up 0.75 per cent), Tech Mahindra(up 0.69 per cent), Persistent Systems(up 0.53 per cent) and Tata Consultancy(up 0.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.

LTIMindtree Ltd(down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty IT index was up 0.59 per cent at 29436.45 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 110.7 points at 18005.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 414.11 points at 60507.08.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, PNB, IOB and Motherson Sumi were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Homesfy Realty Ltd., Maan Aluminium, Speciality Rest, Indiabulls Enterprises Ltd. and Shriram EPC hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Anlon Technology Solutions Ltd., Chaman Metallics Ltd., FSN E-Comm(Nykaa), Nureca Ltd. and Nupur Recyclers Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.