Indices: Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.33% in an upbeat market
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NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index traded positive around 11:28AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.07 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.49 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) were among the top gainers.Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.(down 1.61 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(down 0.33 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.26 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.09 per cent) were the top losers on the index.The Nifty IT index was up 0.33 per cent at 38425.8 at the time of writing this report.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 84.41 points at 25188.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 263.23 points at 82654.95.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.Shares of RattanIndia Power, Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, JP Power and RattanIndia Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of Kavita Fabrics, Hybrid Financial Services, CARE Ratings, Camlin Fine Sc and Scoda Tubes hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Picturepost Studios, Shree Ram Proteins, Excel Realty N Infra, BSL Ltd and Lasa Supergenerics hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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