Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 1.51%

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

Shares of HCL Technologies(up 2.69 per cent), Coforge(up 2.23 per cent), L&T Technology(up 2.15 per cent), Infosys(up 2.05 per cent) and Persistent Systems(up 1.98 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Wipro(down 0.43 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 1.51 per cent up at 28784.0.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 38.1 points at 18601.5, while the BSE Sensex stood up 99.08 points at 62724.71.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 ended in the green, while 17 closed in the red.

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

Shares of PTC Industries, Jay Bharat Marut, Nagreeka Export, KPI Global Infra and Max India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Power & Instrument, Supreme Engineering, SS Infrastructure, Rachana Infrastructu and Jet Knitwears hit their fresh 52-week lows.