Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.61% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:29AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

HCL Technologies(up 1.51 per cent), L&T Technology(up 1.15 per cent), Tech Mahindra(up 0.95 per cent), Infosys(up 0.86 per cent) and Coforge(up 0.63 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Wipro(down 0.15 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty IT index was up 0.61 per cent at 27914.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 115.45 points at 17654.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 414.86 points at 59218.19.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, JP Power, Reliance Power, YES Bank and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Macpower CNC Machine, Celebrity Fash, Sreeleather, Triveni Turbine and JIK Industries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while FutureLifestyleFash, Bombay Rayon, Jindal Cotex, InvstmntTrstofIndia and TCI Finance hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.