NEW DELHI: Most IT shares were trading in the negative zone in Thursday's morning session. Shares of Mindtree (down 6.79 per cent), HCL Technologies (down 1.79 per cent), Tech Mahindra (down 1.45 per cent) and Infibeam Avenues (down 1.29 per cent) were trading lower. Tata Elxsi (down 1.03 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (down 0.78 per cent) and Infosys (down 0.11 per cent) too were trading in the red.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.68 per cent down at 15,569.50 around 10:04 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 19.50 points at 11,668 while the BSE Sensex was down 50.50 points at 39,165.14.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Adani Power, Wipro, Mindtree, Bank of Baroda, Dish TV India, SBI, PNB and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.