Coforge(up 1.57 per cent), Tata Consultancy(up 1.01 per cent), Wipro(up 0.69 per cent), Tech Mahindra(up 0.68 per cent) and Infosys(up 0.68 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Persistent Systems(down 0.23 per cent), L&T Technology(down 0.11 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd(down 0.03 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty IT index was up 0.61 per cent at 28806.65 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 102.7 points at 17500.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 399.7 points at 59506.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Rail Vikas Nigam, Zomato Ltd. and NBCC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of DRS Dilip Roadlines, Systango Technologie, Asian Hotels, KEI Industries and W S Industries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Nirman Agri Genetics, SCI, Seya Industries, Latteys Industries and Lead Reclaim and Rubber Products Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.