Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.78%

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

Shares of Coforge(up 3.16 per cent), MPhasis(up 2.2 per cent), L&T Technology(up 1.94 per cent), HCL Technologies(up 1.8 per cent) and Tech Mahindra(up 1.6 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Infosys(down 0.13 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.78 per cent up at 27020.6.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 194.0 points at 17816.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 578.51 points at 59719.74.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 6 closed in the red.

Shares of , PNB, Zomato Ltd., and were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Dynemic Product(PP), Debock Sales & Mktg, , and hit their fresh 52-week lows.