Shares of Coforge Ltd.(up 2.04 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.12 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.51 per cent) and Infosys Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, MphasiS Ltd.(down 1.14 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.02 per cent) and Persistent Systems Ltd.(down 0.63 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.23 per cent up at 36002.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 140.61 points at 24273.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 411.97 points at 80334.81.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 37 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Canara Bank, Welspun India and Niva Bupa Health Ins were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Stampede Cap(DVR), Krishana Phoschem, Bharat Seats, Privi Speciality Chemicals and KPR Mill hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Godha Cabcon & Insul, Hilton Metal, AGS Transact Tech, Aki India and Gensol Engg hit their fresh 52-week lows.