A sentiment knock across the pack was the realistic expectation, said Anirudh Garg, Fund Manager and Partner, INVasset PMS, with the magnitude inversely proportional to succession clarity.
Virat Jagad, technical research analyst at Bonanza identifies key support and resistance levels in 5 prominent Tata group stocks amid Tata Sons chairman Chandrasekaran's resignation on Wednesday.
Most of the group stocks such as TCS, Titan, Tata Communications and Tata Motors PV traded with cuts of up to 4 per cent in intraday deals on Wednesday.
IT stocks in demand: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Tech Mahindra, LTM, HCL Technologies and Mphasis gain 3 per cent each in intra-day deals on Friday.
Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking explains that stock prices were seeing adjustments following a variation in behaviour during the closing auction session on the BSE and NSE on Monday.
Technology stocks witnessed some profit-taking on Friday following a 19% rally in the Nifty IT index this July.
Thus far in the month of July, the Nifty IT index rallied 15 per cent, as compared to 0.6 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
However, despite recovery from lows, the Nifty IT index underperformed the market by falling 22 per cent, as against a 7.2 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 thus far in CY2026.
Gains in IT index were led by large-cap IT stocks, with HCLTech, LTIMindtree and Persistent Systems among the key contributors
At 12:44 PM on Monday, the Nifty IT index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 4.24 per cent, as compared to 0.01 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
At 09:38 AM on Friday, the Nifty IT index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 1.8 per cent, as compared to a 1 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
Technical analyst at Mirae Asset Sharekhan believes that the short-term trend for TCS seems 'Neutral', but 'Bullish' from the medium-term perspective; hence expects an upside towad ₹2,500 levels.
TCS reported a 4.61 per cent Y-o-Y increase in its net profit to ₹13,349 crore for Q1 FY27. Its revenue jumped by 13.9 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹72,275 crore.
Stocks to watch today: TCS, Maruti Suzuki, JSW Steel, JK Tyre, Federal Bank, AU SFB, SAIL, Nalco, NLC India, Anand Rathi Wealth, JSW Steel, Cummins India, among others, will be in focus today
The NSE IT index declined nearly 2% in Thursday's early trade, dragged by TCS and Infosys. TCS to announce Q1 results after market hours today.
Stocks to watch today: TCS, SBI, Tata Steel, GMR Airports, M&M, HFCL, RIL, Fortis Healthcare, JSW Infra, Swiggy, Pidilite, Shree Cement, among others, will be in focus today
TCS Q1 results 2026 date and time: TCS will announce quarterly earnings on July 9 after market hours. TCS could also announce a dividend, for which it has set July 15 as the record date.
In the past four trading days, IT index outperformed the market by soaring 9 per cent, as against a 2 per cent gain in the Nifty 50.
The Nifty IT currently quotes around 20 per cent below its 200-DMA. TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies are down in the range of 21-26 per cent form respective 200-DMAs.
In the past 20 trading days, the Nifty IT index tanked 17 per cent, as against a 2.2 per cent rise in the Nifty 50 till Wednesday.