Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 3.53 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 2.12 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.52 per cent) and Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.(up 0.74 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty IT index closed 0.84 per cent up at 38991.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 319.16 points at 25112.4, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1046.3 points at 82408.17.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 ended in the green, while 4 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Vishal Mega Mart, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Quality Power Electr, Prostarm Info System, Gallantt Metal, Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co and Indiabulls Enterprises hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Navkar Builders, Sadhana Nitro, Lasa Supergenerics, Siemens Energy India and Chembond Chem hit their fresh 52-week lows.