Indian IT stocks fell on Friday as Accenture narrowed its annual revenue growth forecast and issued weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter guidance, despite steady quarterly earnings.
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Fed decision, weak US cues: At 10:18 AM on Thursday, the Nifty IT index was the top sectoral loser, down 1 per cent, as against a 0.10 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
Analysts attributed the sustained weakness in the Nifty IT index to broad-based pressure in global technology stocks, cautious sentiment over slower US tech spending, and rising geopolitical tensions
Hitesh Rathi, technical analyst at Angel One says that IT stocks continue to trade with a negative bias on the charts, and are prone to further fall if they dip below the crucial support zones.
Thus far in the calendar year 2026, the market price of TCS tanked 33 per cent, as compared to 11.5 per cent fall in the Nifty 50.
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The Sensex settled with a cut of 303.67 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 74,346.17. The Nifty50 ended at 23,405.60, down 77.95 points, or 0.33 per cent.
IT stocks witnessed heavy selling pressure on Wednesday tracking overnight losses in technology shares in the US market. Indian ADRs cracked up to 8%.
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In the past three sessions, the Nifty IT index has climbed as much as 6 per cent, while the Nifty index has declined 2.50 per cent.
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh's pay rose 2.5% to ₹82.6 crore in FY26 as the company sharpened its focus on enterprise AI adoption
Today's sharp outperformance in the IT sector was driven by overnight rally in tech stocks on the Wall Street and company-speciific developments back home.
Indian IT stocks have fallen up to 34 per cent in 2026 as AI disrupted outsourcing model. Analysts remain cautious on FY27 outlook. They prefer TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Coforge
Within the sector, JM Financial sees mid-tier IT companies outperforming large-caps and has identified Infosys among the top-six players, Mphasis in the mid-tier space, and Sagility among business pr
Prashanth Tapse of Mehta Equities said that while IT stocks have seen some improvement in price, the broader fundamentals of the sector remain challenging due to relatively subdued growth expectations
FPIs have reduced shareholding in large-cap stocks like HDFC Bank, Reliance and Infosys since 2022 while increasing exposure to Paytm, Eternal, Polycab and healthcare stocks, ICICI Securities said
The Nifty IT index has corrected 27 per cent on a Y-T-D basis, in comparison, the Nifty 50 index has declined 9.5 per cent in the same period.
The Nifty IT index has underperformed the markets in 2026 so far and emerged as top sectoral loser as well. As per data, the index has corrected 26 per cent on Y-T-D basis.
Analysts believe OFSS's outperformance is underpinned by relatively sustainable revenue growth, sharp margin expansion, operating leverage, and AI-driven productivity gains