BSE Information Technology Index up 0.79% at 09:22
IT stocks saw some buying action today with S&P BSE Information Technology rising 0.8%. In comparison, the Sensex was up 1.6% at 34826 while the broader Nifty 50 index was up +1.51% at 10294.90.
At 09:22, the S&P BSE Information Technology index was up 0.8% at 14687. Among the 50 stocks that make up the Index, ZENTEC had the best relative performance, changing 12.0%. Other major gainers included CESCVENTURE(+10.0%), 3IINFOTECH(+8.0%), HCL-INSYS(+7.9%), and HEXAWARE(+7.8%). Meanwhile SUBEX had the worst relative performance, changing -5.0%. It was followed by KELLTONTEC(-4.7%), INFIBEAM(-3.4%), ACCELYA(-1.9%), and WIPRO(-0.9%).
At day's high, the S&P BSE Information Technology index rose as much as 0.98% to 14715, after opening at 14,691.00. In today's session, the index traded in the range of 14650 to 14715.
The S&P BSE Information Technology index had hit a 52-week high of 16586.52 on Feb 19, 2020 and a 52-week low of 10937.37 on Mar 19, 2020.
In the past one month, the S&P BSE Information Technology has given a return of 7.55%, while the broader Sensex has given a return of 9.98%.
Among all BSE's 19 sectoral indices BSE BANKEX and BSE REALTY indices had the best performance relative to the market, changing +3.09% and +2.92% respectively. In comparison, the BSE Healthcare and BSE Telecom indices had the poorest performance, changing -0.06% and +0.4% respectively.
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