HCL Tech moves north after completing acquisition in US

HCL Technologies rose 2.56% to Rs 856.35 at 14:00 IST on BSE after the company said it has completed acquisition of Butler America Aerospace, LLC.

The announcement was made during market hours today, 4 January 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 12.49 points or 0.05% at 26,655.73.

On the BSE, 56,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 96,793 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 857.95 and a low of Rs 834.30 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 889.80 on 1 February 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 706.50 on 11 May 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 3 January 2017, advancing 5.25% compared with the Sensex's 1.57% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market over the past one quarter gaining 3.24% as against the Sensex's 5.67% fall.

The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 282.24 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

HCL Technologies had announced in October 2016 regarding its acquisition of Butler America Aerospace, LLC (Butler Aerospace), an aerospace & defense engineering service provider to US aerospace and defense customers. Butler Aerospace is a wholly owned subsidiary of Butler America LLC. The acquisition is excluding the staffing business of Butler America Inc. The consideration for this acquisition was $85 million payable in cash.

On a consolidated basis, HCL Technologies' net profit fell 1.92% to Rs 2015.60 crore on 1.61% growth in net sales to Rs 11519.21 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q1 June 2016.

HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.

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