Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.15%

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

Shares of Tech Mahindra(up 1.84 per cent), Wipro(up 1.26 per cent), L&T Technology(up 0.87 per cent), Coforge(up 0.77 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd(up 0.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, HCL Technologies(down 0.82 per cent), Persistent Systems(down 0.52 per cent), Tata Consultancy(down 0.39 per cent) and Infosys(down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.15 per cent up at 30824.95.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 26.45 points at 19570.85, while the BSE Sensex stood down 106.98 points at 65846.5.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.

Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Vodafone Idea, Zomato, Reliance Power and Bank of Maharashtra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Banco Products, Hisar Metal Ind, Sabar Flex India, Pritika Auto Ind and PTC Financial hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Synoptics Technologi, Godha Cabcon & Insul, SS Infrastructure, Richa Info Systems L and ASL Industries hit their fresh 52-week lows.