Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.91% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 10:45AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Infosys(up 1.45 per cent), Tata Consultancy(up 1.0 per cent), MPhasis(up 0.94 per cent), HCL Technologies(up 0.69 per cent) and Tech Mahindra(up 0.55 per cent) were among the top gainers.

L&T Technology(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty IT index was up 0.91 per cent at 28988.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 151.6 points at 18163.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 492.12 points at 61238.71.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.

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

Shares of , , , Kalyani Forge and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cyber Media Research & Services Ltd., , , and hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.