Shares of information technology (IT) companies continued their upward march in Monday's session, with Nifty IT index rising 2 per cent to scale a fresh record high on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), after sector giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) posted better-than-expected results for the quarter ended December 2020 (Q3FY21). At 09:59 am, Nifty IT index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up 1.8 per cent at 26,643 as compared to a 0.87-per cent rise in the Nifty50 index at 14,472. The IT index hit a fresh record high of 26,808 in intra-day trade. In the past two months, it has outperformed the market by surging 26 per cent, as compared to a 14-per cent gain in the benchmark index.