Shares of Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.15 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 0.66 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.47 per cent), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.15 per cent) and Wipro Ltd.(up 0.06 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 10.72 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(down 4.3 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(down 2.41 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(down 2.12 per cent) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.53 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.62 per cent down at 36730.5.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 109.71 points at 21462.25, while the BSE Sensex stood down 313.9 points at 71186.86.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 28 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, South Indian Bnk, Indian Railway Fin and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Oracle, Tarmat Ltd, Ajmera Realty, Yash Pakka and Phillips Carbon hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Digidrive Distributo, Stampede Cap(DVR), Flair Writing Indust, GSS Infotech and Inox India hit their fresh 52-week lows.
