Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.84% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:04AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

MphasiS Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.2 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.09 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.05 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.4 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty IT index was up 0.84 per cent at 30598.25 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 151.8 points at 19140.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 528.16 points at 64119.49.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Steel, JP Power, REC and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Kapston Facilities, Arvind Ltd, Cupid Ltd, JK Tyre and RateGain Travel Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cantabil Retail, Max Estates, MT Educare, Winsome Yarns and SEL Manufact hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.