Key factors, analysts believe, would be deal pipeline, pricing scenario, and outlook on growth, operating margins and products and platforms (P&P) business
FY25 outlook muted for the sector, say analysts
The latest inflation data in the US for January, which showed a surprise increase, has kept domestic IT stocks listless from last week
Shares of India's IT companies, which earn a significant share of their revenue from the U.S., surged 16.13% in the final two months of 2023, exceeding the benchmark Nifty 50's 13.9% gain
The Nifty IT index is likely to trade with a bullish bias as long as the index sustains above 36,950 levels, suggest the daily chart.
Banks, information technology firms and metals will lead India's stock rally, with some push from defence and renewables, a market expert said
Unlike the benchmark Nifty 50, the Nifty IT index is still over 9 per cent shy from its summit. Among the frontline stocks, Infosys, TCS and Wipro look fairly placed on the charts.
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.