Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.22%

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The Nifty IT index closed 0.22 per cent up at 37851.6.

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

Shares of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.15 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 0.38 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(up 0.26 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 1.29 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.67 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.5 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.25 per cent) and Infosys Ltd.(down 0.1 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.22 per cent up at 37851.6.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 212.55 points at 21717.95, while the BSE Sensex stood down 723.57 points at 71428.43.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 ended in the green, while 35 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Zomato and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Garware Poly, GeeCee Ventures, TRF Ltd, Nupur Recyclers and S H Kelkar & Co. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR), Astec Lifesc, UPL, Suraj Estate Develop and Latteys Industries hit their fresh 52-week lows.


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