Stock market update: Nifty IT index falls 0.47%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a negative note on Monday.

Shares of Infosys Ltd.(up 0.92 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, L&T Technology Services Ltd.(down 3.5 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(down 2.25 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 2.12 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(down 1.62 per cent) and Wipro Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty IT index closed 0.47 per cent down at 37644.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 92.21 points at 22460.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 217.41 points at 74115.17.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 37 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Zomato and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Nitiraj Engineers, AXISCADES Engg Tech, Reliance Naval & Engg, California Soft(PP)and Steel Cast hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Nagarjuna Fertilizer, Hindustan Media, AAA Technologies, Zodiac Clothing and AMD Industries hit their fresh 52-week lows.