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A sharp plunge in the value of rupee has proved beneficial for companies related to software exports as market valuations of companies such as Infosys, Tech Mahindra and Wipro have surged in August so far.
Tech Mahindra witnessed a surge of nearly 10% in its shares so far this month, the most among the BSE IT companies.
Hexaware Tech's market value stood at Rs 3,607 crore against Rs 3,416 crore at the start of the month, registering a gain of 5.6%.
Similarly, the market cap of Wipro jumped 2.81% from Rs 1,07,484 crore to Rs 1,10,506 crore.
Among others, the value of Infosys climbed 0.76%, and the m-cap of TCS rose by 0.71%.
The valuation of HCL Tech went up by 1.85% from Rs 64,770 crore to Rs 65,969 crore, while that of Mindtree gained 3.61% from Rs 4,008 crore to Rs 4,153 crore.
Fall in the rupee vis-a-vis the US currency is broadly seen as positive for export-focused sectors like the Indian IT space as a stronger dollar boosts sales of software firms in rupee terms.
Market experts said large IT companies benefit from a weaker rupee, as it positively impacts their profit margins.
Big IT companies earn a major chunk of their revenues in dollar from their US clients.
"Falling rupee is good for Indian IT companies and revival in the US is also another factor that is helping software exporters. Falling rupee is one catalyst in the growth of IT stocks at the same time green shoots in the US are encouraging," said Alex Matthews, Research Head, Geojit BNP Paribas.
Although the rupee recovered on Friday after touching a life-time intra-day low of 65.56 on Thursday, it continued its downslide for the second straight week to end down by another 155 paise at 63.20.
The rupee has declined almost 4.6% so far this month.
