Key Asian indices were in the red and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped more than 2 per cent
IT majors - TCS, Infosys and HCL Technologies flagged concerns of slower growth going ahead after announcing the Q2 results in the last two days.
Infosys's revenue guidance is a negative surprise and likely factor in impact from these ramp downs as well as backend ended and delayed ramp up in mega deal, according to analysts.
Stocks to watch on October 13, 2023: Infosys has lowered its FY24 constant currency revenue growth guidance for a second time to 1.0-2.5 per cent from 1-3.5 per cent earlier
India's second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday announced a five-year extension of its joint venture collaboration with Temasek, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. The extension underlines the shared objective of creating impactful digital transformation and investing in digital talent in Singapore, a statement said, announcing that Infosys and Temasek have extended the digital services joint venture for a period of five years. Infosys Compaz -- Infosys-Temasek joint venture (JV) company -- has collaborated with large corporations in Southeast Asia on their digital transformation journeys, leveraging deep technology expertise across cloud, data and analytics, cybersecurity, digital, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, among others. Meanwhile, Infosys in a filing said that based on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee, its Board approved the appointment of Nitin Paranjpe as an additional and independent director ...
For the second quarter of FY24, the company reported net profit of Rs 6,212 crore up 3.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY). Sequentially, it was up 4.5 per cent
Infosys, which hired over 50,000 freshers last year, is not going to campus for recruitment for the time being, Chief Financial Officer Nilanjan Roy said, adding that the IT major will honour offers that have been made. On the return-to-office approach, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said the number of employees coming back to workspace is on the rise but asserted, in the same breath, that the company intends to maintain flexibility in its approach. Infosys' position on return to work is in variance to that of larger rival TCS, which has asked its 6.14 lakh-plus employees to work from offices, ending the practice of remote working that was necessitated by the pandemic. During the Q2 briefing, Infosys CFO Nilanjan Roy said the Bengaluru-headquartered company has a significant fresher bench and headroom for increasing utilisation, and hence it "is not going to campuses as yet". "Last year, we hired 50,000 freshers and hired ahead of demand...we still have a significant fresher bench... we
Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were the biggest drag on the market performance
Infosys Q2FY24 result: The company also declared an interim dividend of Rs 18 per equity share
Infosys Q2FY24 results preview: Infosys' net profit may rise just 3.8 per cent on-year to Rs 6,252 crore, while revenue may see a 5 per cent uptick to Rs 38,437 crore
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Infosys halved its full-year revenue forecast in July, citing delayed decision-making on future projects from clients, while Tata Consultancy Services also flagged soft demand
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Stocks to watch on Thursday, September 28 2023: Telecom stocks too may see some action after Trai data for July showed considerable new subscriber additions for Jio and Airtel; and loss of market shar
Among individual stocks, Morgan Stanley has maintained their overweight rating on HCLT, LTIMindtree and Infosys within the large-caps.
Citing macroeconomic conditions, many IT companies have opted to hand out small increment or defer salary hikes this year
Stocks to watch on Wednesday, September 27, 2023: Shares of SignatureGlobal (India) and Sai Silk (Kalamandir) to debut on the bourses today.