IT stocks rose up to 3% on Thursday, leading gains despite weak market sentiment, as investors turned their attention to TCS, which is set to kick off the Q2 earnings season later today.
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) jumped around 3%, while heavyweight peers HCLTech and Infosys gained nearly 2% each. Mphasis, Coforge, LTIMindtree, Tech Mahindra, Persistent Systems and Wipro shares gained 1-2%.