NEW DELHI: Owing to losses in Infosys (down 1.27 per cent), HCL Technologies (down 0.93 per cent), Wipro (down 0.82 per cent) and Tech Mahindra (down 0.61 per cent), the Nifty IT index was in the red in afternoon trade on Tuesday.The Nifty IT index was trading 0.23 per cent down at 13,394 around 01:45 pm (IST).
However, KPIT Technologies (up 2.93 per cent), Tata Elxsi (up 2.56 per cent), Mindtree (up 1.16 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (up 0.95 per cent) and Infibeam Incorporation (up 0.18 per cent) were in the green around the same time.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 7 points at 10,708, while the BSE Sensex was 11 points down at 35,197.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.ICICI Bank, HPCL, BPCL, Power Grid and State Bank of India were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.However, Mahindra Mahindra, Larsen Toubro, IndusInd Bank, YES Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top losers in the Nifty index.