LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.37 per cent) and Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 0.14 per cent) were among the top gainers.
HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.74 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.26 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent) and Wipro Ltd.(down 0.68 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was down 0.9 per cent at 37950.6 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 66.1 points at 24996.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 261.06 points at 82269.68.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Bharti Airtel, JSW Infrastructure and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Wanbury Ltd, Mazagon Dock Ship, Paras Defence, Gujarat Themis and ARSS Infra hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Wendt India, Career Point, Godha Cabcon & Insul and Chembond Chem hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.