** Indian IT stocks .NIFTYIT gain 1.9% to their highest since February end
** Sub-index top sectoral gainer; all 10 members trade in the green
** IT companies, which earn a significant share of revenue from the U.S., jump on optimism around U.S.-China trade talks
** Top-weighted stocks Infosys INFY.NS and TCS TCS.NS rise 1.5% and 1.3%, respectively
** Oracle Financial Services Software ORCL.NS advances 3.3%; Persistent Systems PERS.NS climbs 3%
** Stocks on NIFTYIT equally split between "buy" and "hold", per data compiled by LSEG
** NIFTYIT narrows YTD losses to 11.6%, but remains weakest-performing sub-index
(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)
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