Mumbai, May 12 -- Nifty IT index closed up 6.70% at 38282.55 today. The index has gained 17.00% over last one month. Among the constituents, Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd added 9.01%, Coforge Ltd jumped 8.21% and Persistent Systems Ltd gained 7.96%. The Nifty IT index has soared 16.00% over last one year compared to the 13.01% increase in benchmark Nifty 50 index. In other indices, Nifty Realty index gained 5.93% and Nifty Metal index increased 5.86% on the day. In broad markets, the Nifty 50 witnessed a rise of 3.82% to close at 24924.7 while the SENSEX recorded a gain of 3.74% to close at 82429.9 today.

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