Shares of Indian IT companies, including Infosys Ltd ., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd . (TCS), Wipro Ltd ., and Tech Mahindra Ltd ., traded higher by up to 3% on Monday, November 10, as optimism grew around a potential resolution to the US government shutdown.

The Nifty IT index climbed as much as 2% in intraday trade.

Shares of TCS, Infosys, LTIMindtree, Tech Mahindra rose between 1% to 3% in trading on Monday.

Indian equities tracked gains across Asian markets, lifted by hopes that a deal to end the historic 40-day US government shutdown is near. Post-earnings rallies in select stocks also supported the upmove.

Other Asian markets advanced about 1% after the US Senate moved closer to passing a funding bill aimed at reopening the government.

"Optimism surrounding a potential

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