Infosys gained 1.25 per cent, while Tata Consultancy Services edged up 0.4 per cent on hopes of incentives for exporters in the 2013-14 Budget to be unveiled on February 28.
However, shares in Housing Development Finance Corp fell 2.7 per cent after Goldman Sachs cut its rating to "sell" from "neutral", on expectations that Asia's third-largest economy would recover at a "modest" pace and the prospect of rising competition.
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