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IT shares witnessed buying demand for the four consecutive trading sessions.

At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 442.34 points or 0.60% to 74,754.15. The Nifty 50 index jumped 140.20 points or 0.61% to 23,141.10.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 Midcap Index rose 0.03% and the BSE 250 Smallcap Index jumped 0.13%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 2,148 shares rose and 1,552 shares fell. A total of 272 shares were unchanged.

Earnings Today:

Punjab National Bank (down 0.39%), LTM(up 1.51%), Bajaj Housing Finance(up 0.39%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals(up 0.79%), DLF(up 0.81%), Federal Bank(down 0.75%), Jindal Saw(up 0.13%), Oberoi Realty(down 0.14%), Shoppers Stop(down 3.34%), Tejas Networks(up 0.17%), Ujjivan Small Finance Bank(down 0.82%), and Urban Company (up 1.94%) will declare their results later today.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty IT index jumped 2.86% to 31,598.15. The index surged 11.46% in the four consecutive trading sessions.

Tech Mahindra (up 6.85%), Wipro (up 4.33%), Infosys (up 3.91%), Tata Consultancy Services (up 3.39%), Oracle Financial Services Software (up 1.98%), LTM (up 1.91%), Mphasis (up 1.24%), HCL Technologies (up 1.12%), Coforge (up 0.06%) surged.

Tech Mahindra advanced 7.03% after the company reported a 32.7% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,585.6 crore in Q2 FY27 as compared with Rs 1,194.5 crore in Q2 FY26. Revenue from operations increased 15.6% to Rs 16,180.2 crore in Q2 FY27 as compared with Rs 13,994.9 crore in Q2 FY26.

Stocks in Spotlight:

PC Jeweller surged 9.34% after investor Aditya Kumar Halwasiya acquired 5.1 crore shares in the jewellery retailer through a bulk deal on the NSE.