Stock market update: Nifty IT index falls 0.46% in a weak market
ADVERTISEMENT Wipro Ltd.(up 2.12 per cent) were among the top gainers.
LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.92 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.52 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(down 1.41 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 1.29 per cent) and Coforge Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was down 0.46 per cent at 36968.1 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 171.46 points at 24940.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 573.22 points at 81686.02. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 7 were trading in the green, while 43 were in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of JP Power, Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Alok Industries and PC Jeweller were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Garuda Construction, Cupid Ltd, Soma Textiles, NACL Industries and Quality Power Electr hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Elgi Rubber Co, Setco Automotive, HDB Financial Servic, Pansari Developers and Jindal Worldwide hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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