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The S&P BSE Information Technology index ended over 5 per cent higher at 15,125 levels.
Work-from-home and increased local hiring should help mitigate its impact
"We're going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on the visas," Donald Trump said on Saturday.
Fewer deals wins, delay in ramping up of existing deals and likely price cuts are key worries expected on the back of subdued demand, thanks to the disruption in the global economy
Scaling up of new deals and lowering costs are imperative for the up to 33 per cent gains in share prices to sustain
Sectorally, IT stocks took the biggest knock as the Nifty IT index declined 3.5 per cent to 13,293.70 levels. Nifty Bank lost 566 points or nearly 3 per cent to 19,068.50 levels
Infosys was trading nearly 4 per cent lower at Rs 614.75 while Tech Mahindra was down over 3 per cent
In the past one week, shares of most IT companies have slipped amid rapid spread of coronavirus. Tata Elxsi, Mindtree, HCL Technologies, and Wipro have plunged in the range of 6-8 per cent.
Among the Asian economies, the ensuing decline in trade and tourism could impact Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Korea the most - in that order, and Indonesia and India the least
The other factor which aided gains in IT stocks was the "defensive" nature of the sector.
In the last three months, the IT index has delivered returns of 11.44 per cent, whereas the Nifty Pharma has delivered returns of 7.3 per cent
The Nifty IT index was trading 1.84 per cent higher as compared 0.3 per cent dip in the benchmark Nifty50 index
According to the report, firms such as TCS, HCL Tech, Infosys, Cyient, and L&T Technology Services have direct exposure to Boeing or its suppliers' ecosystem
For the recently-concluded September quarter, large-cap IT services firms delivered a mixed performance.
The brokerage, as per reports, noted that the IT sector, as a whole, will face cyclical hiccup ahead and the current valuation of the sector is at premium to historical average.
In the calendar year 2019, Infosys has outperformed the market by surging 22 per cent as compared to a 4 per cent rise in the Sensex and 12 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Information Technology index.
They also remain optimistic on the road ahead for the IT sector given the sharp fall in rupee's value against the US dollar.
Here's how these three heavyweights look on the technical charts post their respective Q2FY20 results.
With this deal, TechM will assume management of many of the applications which support AT&T's network and shared systems.
The stock has absorbed all the selling pressure in the range of Rs 760 - Rs 770 and is ready for a fresh upside. Although it witnessed mild selling above Rs 800, the overall trends still looks bullish