The Sensex hit a record high at 72,721, while the Nifty registered a new peak at 21,928 in trades on Friday led by frenzied buying in IT shares.
Infosys cuts growth guidance as net drops 7.3%; TCS profit up 2%
The Bengaluru-based IT major, however, maintained its operating margin guidance at 20-22 per cent for FY24
Revenues for the quarter at Rs 60,583 crore were up 4 per cent Y-o-Y and 1.7 per cent in constant currency. On a sequential basis, revenue was up 1.5 per cent
The fall in headcount is a serious issue for the sector as well as for engineering graduates, as both these firms are the largest recruiters from campuses
Infosys Q3 results: The IT major revised the FY24 revenue guidance to 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent in constant currency
TCS Q3FY24 results: The IT major also reported a net attrition of 13.3 per cent and said will continue hiring from colleges
GTPL Hathway Ltd, provider of cable and internet services, on Thursday reported a decline of 38.04 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 24.67 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2023. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 39.82 crore in the October-December period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from GTPL Hathway, a firm owned by Reliance Industries Group. However, its total revenue was up 24.1 per cent to Rs 850.87 crore in the December quarter. It was at Rs 685.63 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. During the quarter, its revenue from the Cable TV business was at Rs 660.60 crore and Rs 135.20 crore from internet services. GTPL Hathway's total income, which also includes other income, was up 22 per cent in the December quarter to Rs 860.66 crore. Shares of GTPL Hathway Ltd on Thursday closed at Rs 199 on BSE, down 3.91 per cent from the previous close.
As per an average of brokerage estimates, HCLTech may post net profit of Rs 4,101 crore for Q3 versus Rs 4,096 crore reported last year
Infosys is likely to report a 7 per cent YoY fall in its net profit for the reporting quarter to Rs 6,108 crore, show brokerage estimates
As per an average of six brokerage estimates, TCS is likely to report a net profit of Rs 11,617 crore for the quarter, up 7 per cent from a year ago. Sequentially, this could be 2.4 per cent higher
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The bank also registered an increase in the rate of deposit growth at 9.52% (Y-o-Y). While its deposit base stood at Rs 3.4 trillion in Q3FY23, it expanded to 3.7 trillion in Q3FY24
Analyst firms are expecting the large-cap IT services firms-TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, and LTIMindtree-to clock revenue growth in the range of negative 1.5 per cent to a positive 4.6 per cent
Q3 IT preview: Elara Securities said that added that other large firms may witness a revenue dip of 1-1.3 per cent QoQ CC given weak seasonality
Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which owns and operates retail chain DMart, on Tuesday reported a 17.18 per cent increase in its standalone revenue from operations to Rs 13,247.33 crore in the third quarter ended on December 31, 2023. The company had revenue from operations of Rs 11,304.58 crore in the October-December quarter a year ago, according to a quarterly update by Avenue Supermarts. "Standalone Revenue from operations for the quarter ended (QE) December 31, 2023 stood at Rs 13,247.33 crores," said Avenue Supermarts in a regulatory filing. The total number of stores as of September 30, 2023 stood at 341. Promoted by Radhakishan Damani and his family, DMart retails basic home and personal products across markets which include Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, NCR, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Rajasthan.
7 Indian cities clock 21% growth in office leasing; 26% increase in new supply
The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, official figures showed Friday ahead of a budget statement from the government later this month. The Office for National Statistics said growth in the July-to-September period was zero compared to the previous three-months. All sectors, such as manufacturing and construction, broadly showed the same subdued picture. Despite the uninspiring headline figure, the quarterly outcome was slightly ahead of analysts' expectations for a modest decline in output. The British economy, like many others particularly in the world, is struggling to grow in the face of higher interest rates, which are aimed at taming inflation. Last week, the Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while. The Bank of England, like other central banks, raised interest rates aggressively from near zero as it sought to
"The company remains positive on the medium/long-term steel demand outlook," ArcelorMittal said in a statement on Thursday