The Nifty IT index was trading 0.48 per cent up at 27135.1.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.66 per cent up at 12612.4.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.97 per cent up at 27004.15.

The group known as 'RedAlpha' has consistently spoofed login pages for NIC, which manages wider IT infrastructure and services for the Indian government. The hacking group weaponised some least 350 domains last year alone.

A truly true map of the world is a logical impossibility. It would not only have to be as large as the world itself, but it would also have to include in itself a map as large as itself, and so on ad infinitum. 'Geography is about maps/ While history is about chaps,' goes the old doggerel.

Ironically, in its 100th year, the Communist Party of China (CPC), as it is officially called, relies on Xi just as it depended on its founder leader and principled ideologue 'Chairman' Mao Zedong, who held a vice-like grip on it until his death in 1976 after the party was established in 1921.

Ravi Kant Jaipuria and Sons (HUF) sold 15 lakh shares in Varun Beverages at Rs 685.01 per share. Titan Europe sold 1,76,253 shares in Wheels India at Rs 431.2 per share.

Torrent Pharma | Fortis Healthcare | Rallies India | Satin Creditcare and Mercator are stocks, which are in news today.

Key support level is placed at 7,529.12, followed by 7,257.18. If the index moved upward, key resistance levels to watch out for are 8,054.97 and 8,308.88.

The company had posted a net loss of Rs 449.77 crore during the same period a year ago, Mercator said in a BSE filing.

Eicher Motors | Wipro | Ashok Leyland | IndiaMart InterMesh | Unichem Labs and Ajanta Pharma are stocks which are in the news today.