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Incremental gains, stable demand may drive growth for India's IT sector

India's IT sector is showing signs of stabilising demand, improving deal momentum and rising AI-led productivity, with analysts turning modestly positive on earnings as firms regain confidence

Incremental gains, stable demand may drive growth for India’s IT sector
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Devangshu Datta

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Demand trends appear to be stable for the information technology (IT) sector, and headwinds may be easing. Most deals are still focussed on cost optimisation.
 
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and penetration may be accelerating.
 
Analysts are increasing earnings estimates by modest amounts and pointing at a sector as a possible hedge against rupee depreciation.
 
Almost every listed IT company has seen quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) growth in Q2FY26 over Q1FY26 with many beating consensus estimates for margins and growth. 
 
Financial services did well with the Big Five witnessing average growth of over 6.2 per cent. Several firms have hiked guidance, or lifted