The Nifty IT index tanked over 3 per cent in early trade on Monday when compared with a 0.5 per cent fall on the Nifty50 index
CLOSING BELL: L&T, PowerGrid, NTPC, ICICI Bank, DR Reddy's Labs, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Nestle India were the top large-cap gainers
Analysts expect EBIT margin to decline sequentially due to higher retention costs, wage revision, and increased travel costs. They peg margins in the range of 100 to 150 basis points (bps).
Shares of major IT stocks are trading near key support levels, if that breaks a severe downside seems imminent, indicate charts.
If not for RIL's steep correction, the index could have closed nearly 500 points higher
CLOSING BELL: Select IT, metals, and pharma stocks helped the headline indices recover from the day's low
CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty50, held the crucial 16,400-mark to shut shop at 16,416, down 153 points
Indian IT services sector is expected to benefit from digital transformation, particularly aided by cloud adoption.
The deterioration of the US corporate sector profitability would lead to tighter IT spending
In the past one month, the stock of information technology (IT) major has declined 14 per cent after operating performance missed estimates in March quarter (Q4FY22).
Overall, the Nifty IT index has declined 19 per cent from its historic peak of 39,446 recorded in early January, 2022. Charts indicate 31,000 to 30,000 as the accumulation range for the index.
HCL Tech has guided for revenue growth of 12-14 per cent CC in FY23 on the back of continued traction in the services business, healthy deal intake and deal pipeline.
This rise in inflation in the US, according to analysts at Jefferies, is one big factor that will see most IT companies hike wages going ahead
The strong guidance indicates that spending on change programs continues to be robust, a positive for Indian IT.
The NSE IT index has been moving in a tight range, a breakout in either direcion can trigger a 2,000 points movement.
The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)
Infosys continues to defend the support from past four months; TCS shares have three supportive technical parameters that attract buying and accumulation.
According to Jefferies, Infosys's growth will be impacted by seasonal softness, although deal ramp-ups should help drive 3.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) CC revenue growth
The major IT stocks like Infosys, LTI, Coforge continue to absorb selling pressure at the counters
Major IT stocks are either on verge of breakout or holding the positive bias, the positive sentiment may see up to 10% gains