Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.87%

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

Shares of Tech Mahindra (up 2.77 per cent), HCL Technologies (up 1.25 per cent), Wipro (up 1.18 per cent), Oracle Financial Services Software (up 0.98 per cent) and Larsen & Toubro Infotech (up 0.86 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Mindtree (down 0.49 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.87 per cent up at 31713.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 21.85 points at 16280.1, while the BSE Sensex stood up 151.81 points at 54554.66.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, PNB, SAIL and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Rex Pipes and Cables Industries Ltd., Pritika Auto Ind, Network People Services Technologies Ltd., Repro India and Kshitij Polyline hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stylam Ind, Grauer & Weil, Andrew Yule, Viceroy Hotels and Bright Solar hit their fresh 52-week lows.