At 10:12 AM, Nifty IT index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up 2.7 per cent
Wipro Q2 results review: The stock took a hit and fell up to 4 per cent intra-day as brokerages lowered earnings estimates and trimmed price targets
TCS Q2 results: There is limited visibility on demand recovery for the second half of FY24; Rs 17,000 crore buyback quantum is also below Street expectations, said analysts
Nirmal Bang analysts suggest investors use the gains to pare positions if overweight, especially in the tier-2 IT pack
TCS continues to witness robust demand for cloud migration, digital engineering, product innovation, and enterprise application solutions, according to analysts
In the recently concluded quarter, the company's revenue declined 4.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to Rs 13,159 crore, as against Street estimate of flat QoQ growth
Selective IT stocks may rise up to 22% in the upcoming sessions, as per their technical charts
For Wipro, the long-term outlook is expected to improve as demand is set to get back on track as well as investment in Automation and Gen AI based products & solutions will aid growth, analyst said
Mphasis surged 4 per cent, while TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies and L&T Technology Services gained in the range of 2 to 3 per cent
On Friday, the stock traded flat at the bourses, in line with the benchmarks, rising a modest 0.2 per cent to Rs 395 levels
While index requires to scale major hurdles, the aggressive rally towards those has triggered positive upside in IT stocks.
So far this year, Persistent Systems is the top contender surging close to 30 per cent, while Infosys remains as the top loser, plunging 14 per cent.
The gain in NASDAQ thus far in CY23 was largely fueled by Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Meta Platforms - also known as the FAANG stocks.
The IT services major intends to buy back about 4.91 per cent of its shares at Rs 445 per share through tender route
The quantum of deal pipeline, nature of large deals, pace of decision-making and drivers of consolidation trend will also be closely tracked
According to Jefferies, analysts' consensus revenue growth estimates for CY24 have been lowered for top clients of all IT firms, barring Wipro, with the highest cuts for HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Coforge and Persistent Systems are indicating chart structures that reflect resumption of their short-to-medium term upmove.
Since January 6, the IT index rallied 9 per cent, as compared to 1.6 per cent rise in the Nifty50
In Friday's trade, the stock gained marginally to close at Rs 1,077 per share, as against 0.5 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex
On the bourses, Wipro underperformed peers as shares dropped 0.5 per cent, while TCS, HCL Technologies, and Infosys rose up to 11 per cent in Q3FY23