Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.64%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a positive note on Wednesday.

Shares of L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 3.56 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.32 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 1.23 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.64 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 0.54 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty IT index closed 0.64 per cent up at 36960.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 460.35 points at 21571.95, while the BSE Sensex stood down 1628.01 points at 71500.76.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 10 ended in the green, while 40 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Indian Railway Fin, TV18 Broadcast and Infibeam Avenues were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Goa Carbons, Ganesh Housing, Shemaroo Entertain, Majesco L and Rane Eng Valve hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Digidrive Distributo, GSS Infotech, Azad Engineering, Flair Writing Indust and Gandhar Oil Refinery hit their fresh 52-week lows.