IT shares trade firm in a weak market; Cyient hits 52-week high, LTTS up 9%

Tata Elxsi, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Wipro, Cigniti Technologies, Ramco Systems and Tech Mahindra were up in the range of 2 per cent to 6 per cent

Shares of information technology (IT) companies were trading firm in an otherwise weak market with Cyient hitting fresh 52-week high, while L&T Technology Services (LTTS) ralling 9 per cent on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Wednesday. At 10:02 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.71 per cent or 344 points at 48,004.

Shares of Cyient surged 13 per cent to Rs 647, zooming 28 per cent in the past three trading days, after the company's management said it expects sequential improvement in margins in the January-March quarter (Q4FY21) driven by increase in volume and improvement in