NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.
Shares of L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 1.6 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.71 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.17 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.01 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Coforge Ltd.(down 0.85 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.32 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(down 0.27 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 0.18 per cent) and MphasiS Ltd.(down 0.12 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.02 per cent up at 34531.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 5.65 points at 23264.85, while the BSE Sensex stood down 33.49 points at 76456.59.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 ended in the green, while 21 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IRB Infra Dev., YES Bank, GMR Infra and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Panache Digilife, Essar Shipping, Hind Const Co, Sheetal Cool and HG Infra Engg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Sanginita Chemicals, Neueon Towers, Kronox Lab Sciences, Stampede Cap(DVR)and Kaya hit their fresh 52-week lows.