IT stocks traded firm on the BSE on Tuesday. At 2.44 pm Infosys was ahead of the pack, trading at Rs 1,105.55. This represented a gain of 2.18 per cent on its overnight close at Rs 1,081.95.

TCS held steady to keep gains of 1.02 per cent at Rs 2,597.10. The share had ended the previous session at Rs 2,570.80.

Cipla edged down a tad to hold gains of 0.79 per cent at Rs 721 against Rs 715.35 at close yesterday.

NTPC crawled up 0.23 per cent at Rs 131.60 against Rs 131.30 at close previously.

Maruti Suzuki edged up 0.22 per cent at Rs 4,507.40. The share had closed the previous session at Rs 4,497.70.