Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.99% in an upbeat market
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NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:09AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 2.63 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 1.55 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.31 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 1.01 per cent) and Coforge Ltd.(up 0.9 per cent) were among the top gainers.were the top losers on the index.The Nifty IT index was up 0.99 per cent at 37836.8 at the time of writing this report.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 86.0 points at 24838.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 303.82 points at 81616.14.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.Shares of Vodafone Idea, IFCI, MMTC, Reliance Power and Sagility India were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of IFB Agro, Quality Power Electr, Shree Global, Kavita Fabrics and AXISCADES Engg Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Lasa Supergenerics, Bharat Rasayan, Orchid Pharma, Borana Weaves and California Soft(PP)hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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