Share market update: IT shares in the red; HCL Tech dips 2%

NEW DELHI: IT shares were trading in the red in Wednesday’s session.

Shares of HCL Technologies (down 2.11 per cent) , Infosys (down 1.56 per cent) , Info Edge (India) (down 1.35 per cent) , Tata Consultancy (down 0.82 per cent) , Tech Mahindra (down 0.76 per cent) , MPhasis (down 0.45 per cent) and Wipro (down 0.02 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.91 per cent down at 15641.8 around 11:52AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 15.10 points at 10784.55, while the BSE Sensex was down 71.13 points at 36603.39.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.