Multi-million dollar agreement involves Nuuday's IT infrastructure being shifted to Cloud platform of TCS
We see enough drivers to believe TCS can deliver industry-leading growth and margins among peers in FY25, the brokerage said
The combined market valuation of six of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 71,414 crore last week, with state-owned company LIC emerged as the biggest laggard. Of the top-10 most valued firms, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ITC, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries faced a total erosion of Rs 71,414.03 crore. On the other hand, State Bank of India, Infosys, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were emerged as the gainers. They collectively added Rs 62,038.86 crore. However, in last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 831.15 points or 1.16 per cent. The market valuation of state-owned insurer LIC fell by Rs 26,217.12 crore to Rs 6,57,420.26 crore. TCS's market valuation tumbled by Rs 18,762.61 crore to Rs 14,93,980.70 crore. The market capitalisation of ITC eroded by Rs 13,539.84 crore to Rs 5,05,092.18 crore, while that of Hindustan Unilever dimnished Rs 11,548.24 crore to Rs 5,58,039.67 crore. Market valuation of Bharti A
The rally in the Tata stocks has been by smaller companies while Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - the biggest company in the group by market capitalisation- has been a laggard
Four of the top-10 most valued firms together added Rs 2.18 lakh crore in market valuation last week, with Life Insurance Corporation and State Bank of India emerging as the biggest gainers. From the top-10 pack, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and SBI were the gainers. They collectively added Rs 2,18,598.29 crore in market capitalisation. On the other hand, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever and ITC faced erosion from their valuation to the tune of Rs 1,06,631.39 crore. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined by 490.14 points or 0.67 per cent. Market valuation of LIC jumped Rs 86,146.47 crore to Rs 6,83,637.38 crore. The share price of LIC on Monday jumped nearly 6 per cent to hit the Rs 1,000 mark for the first time. SBI added Rs 65,908.26 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 6,46,365.02 crore. Market valuation of TCS climbed Rs 61,435.47 crore to Rs 15,12,743.31 crore and that of Reliance
As per the technical charts, Reliance and TCS seem placed favourably on the charts; hence, the stocks could see further gains in the coming trading sessions.
In past one month, TCS has outperformed the market by surging 12 per cent on encouraging deal wins during October-December quarter (Q3FY24).
We were always confident of our business mix and our incredible leadership and all other elements, said C Vijayakumar, CEO & MD, HCLTech
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
White collar hiring in India witnessed a 16 per cent decline in December compared to the year-ago period due to cautious hiring sentiments in IT, BPO, education, retail and healthcare sectors, a report said on Tuesday. "We observed marginal sequential growth of 2 per cent in December hiring activity compared to November, driven by non-IT sectors. However, the IT sector continued to be significantly impacted pulling the overall index down by 16 per cent against last year signalling a longer wait for a complete recovery in IT hiring," Naukri.com Chief Business Officer Pawan Goyal said analysing the Naukri JobSpeak Index. According to the Naukri JobSpeak Index, sectors like BPO, education, retail, and healthcare displayed cautious hiring sentiments, witnessing a year-on-year decline of 17 per cent, 11 per cent, 11 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively, in job offers in December. Hiring in the IT sector reflected the trend seen in the second half of 2023, the report noted. The sector
Trading in stock markets this week will be majorly influenced by the upcoming quarterly earnings from IT majors TCS and Infosys, along with global trends, analysts said. Besides, global oil benchmark Brent crude, rupee-dollar trend and trading activity of foreign investors would also dictate the movement, they said. "On the domestic front, all eyes will be on the beginning of corporate performance for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Market participants will be keeping an eye on the movement of the rupee against the dollar and crude oil prices. "Investments by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) will also be monitored," said Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst at Swastika Investmart Ltd. Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will announce their earnings on Thursday while the quarterly results of HCL Technologies and Wipro will be out on Friday. Sunny Agrawal, Head of Fundamental Equity Research, SBI Securities Lt
Group representing Indian IT workers alleges company harassing employees who oppose 'forced transfers'
Shares of TCS last closed at Rs 3,617, up 0.4 per cent
Among the Tata Group stocks, shares of Tata Motors could potentially top the Rs 900-mark, while a select few could gain in the range of 15 - 19 per cent from present levels.
Closing Bell on Wednesday, November 22, 2023: The BSE MidCap index gained 0.3 per cent, while the SmallCap slipped 0.6 per cent. Tata Tech and Gandhar Oil IPOs received strong response on Day 1.
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While automobile, banking, and other sectors can absorb IT talent, they are unlikely to generate the same hiring volume as the tech sector
The changes in rate cards are for contract staffing employees and not for permanent employees. TCS is revamping its hiring mechanism
The proportion of new deal wins into revenues is "intact", a senior official at largest IT services company TCS has said, attributing the sluggish revenue growth to the adverse impact on discretionary demand because of economic headwinds. Stating that discretionary demand can contribute as much as 30 per cent of incremental revenues in a quarter, the company's chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramniam told PTI that the September quarter results were impacted due to this aspect. Clients are choosing to conserve cash given the economic climate and choosing to defer spends where they do not see immediate returns on investments, which has impacted the discretionary demand, he said. He, however, said that the proportion of revenue it bags from new deals has not been affected. The company has reported signings of over USD 10 billion for three consecutive quarters. "TCV (total contract value) to revenue conversion rate is intact," Subramaniam said, explaining that there are a slew of
India's largest IT services company TCS on Sunday said it has fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a recruitment scam. Our investigation found 19 employees to be involved16 employees have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations, and three employees have been removed from the resource management function, the company said in a late evening statement. It also added that six vendors, their owners and affiliates have been debarred from doing any business with TCS. In late June, reports had surfaced of a recruitment scam at the largest software exporter, wherein vendors tasked with some functions were alleged to have indulged in malpractices in collusion with TCS staffers. The allegation came to light within weeks of K Krithivasan taking charge as the company's chief executive and was the first major challenge faced by him. The issue relates to breach of the company's code of conduct by certain employees and vendors supplying contractors,