Wipro gains after signing agreement to acquire Appirio

Wipro rose 0.4% to Rs 497.50 at 9:40 IST on BSE after the company signed a definitive agreement to acquire Appirio, a global cloud services company for a purchase consideration of $500 million.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 October 2016.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 89.74 points or 0.32% to 28,040.10

On BSE, so far 39,000 shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volume of 2.79 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 504.30 and a low of Rs 493.90 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 606.75 on 20 April 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 470 on 29 September 2016.

The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 486.16 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Wipro said that the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to be closed in Q3 December 2016. Appirio is a global services company that helps customers create next-generation Worker and Customer Experience using the latest cloud technologies.

Once completed, Wipro's acquisition of Appirio will create one of the world's largest cloud transformation practices, a game changer in today's as-a-service and digital economy. Appirio also brings to Wipro, Topcoder, a leading crowdsourcing marketplace connecting over a million designers, developers and data scientists around the world with customers. Wipro will consolidate its existing cloud applications practices of Salesforce and Workday under the Appirio brand and structure.

Wipro announces its Q2 September 2016 results today, 21 October 2016. On consolidated basis, Wipro's net profit fell 8.32% to Rs 2051.90 crore on 0.32% decline in net sales to Rs 13697.60 crore in Q1 June 2016 over Q4 March 2016.

Wipro is a leading information technology, consulting and business process services company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better.

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