At 9:57 AM, the Nifty IT index was trading lower by 2.30 per cent, at 39,612. It touched an intra-day low of 39,465.75 during the session so far.
The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms eroded Rs 1,65,784.9 crore last week, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) taking the biggest hit, in line with bearish trends in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined 628.15 points, or 0.82 per cent, while the Nifty went lower 133.35 points, or 0.58 per cent. The market valuation of TCS tanked Rs 53,185.89 crore to Rs 13,69,717.48 crore. Bharti Airtel's market capitalisation (mcap) dropped Rs 44,407.77 crore to Rs 9,34,223.77 crore. The valuation of ICICI Bank tumbled Rs 18,235.45 crore to Rs 8,70,579.68 crore and that of Hindustan Unilever plunged Rs 17,962.62 crore to Rs 5,26,684.38 crore. Infosys faced an erosion of Rs 17,086.61 crore to Rs 7,53,700.15 crore from its market valuation. The mcap of ITC eroded Rs 11,949.42 crore to Rs 5,01,750.43 crore and that of HDFC Bank diminished Rs 2,555.53 crore to Rs 12,94,152.82 crore. State Bank of India's valuation declined Rs 401.61 crore to Rs 6,43,955
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday announced a new collaboration with Salesforce to help customers in the manufacturing and semiconductor industries drive value from artificial intelligence. As part of this collaboration, TCS launched three initiatives. These include Semiconductor Sales Accelerator for increasing sales with data-driven insights; Seller for the Future for providing near real-time insights, predictive analytics, and personalised recommendations; and Digital Field Service to equip technicians on field with real-time information, predictive maintenance insights, and optimised scheduling. "The collaboration will leverage the combined industry expertise, AI, and cloud capabilities of TCS and Salesforce to help manufacturers and semiconductor chipmakers to unlock data-driven insights for smarter selling and exceptional service," according to a release. One of the key challenges for organisations in their AI adoption journeys is to unlock the true value of their ..
TCS has firmly rejected the accusations, saying, 'we strongly refute these inaccurate allegations by former employees, which have previously been dismissed by multiple courts'
TCS is seen testing its 20-month moving average for the first time in 21 months, a monthly close below the same shall open the doors for a slide towards Rs 3,170 levels; suggests technical chart.
Says IT firm misrepresented job roles to send more employees
NSE, Bharti Airtel storm into top 10 for the first time in Axis Bank's Burgundy Private and Hurun India list; Motilal Oswal Financial Services was the fastest-growing company, the report suggests.
This marks the second consecutive variable pay cut at TCS for senior employees despite adherence to the work-from-office directive
The reduction in TDS rates and rationalisation of TCS provisions are welcome steps
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Indian IT players are expected to benefit significantly from renewed demand, further strengthening India's position as a critical player in the industry
The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 valued domestic firms eroded by Rs 1.71 lakh crore last week, with IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services taking the biggest hit. Last week, the BSE benchmark lost 759.58 points or 0.98 per cent, and the Nifty declined by 228.3 points or 0.97 per cent. From the top 10 pack, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever and ITC faced a combined erosion of Rs 1,71,680.42 crore in their market valuation while Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were the gainers. The valuation of Infosys tanked by Rs 62,948.4 crore to Rs 7,53,678.38 crore, the most among the top 10 firms. Infosys shares tanked nearly 6 per cent on Friday amid profit-taking after the announcement of the third quarter earnings. The market capitalisation (mcap) of TCS tumbled by Rs 50,598.95 crore to Rs 14,92,714.37 crore. Hindustan Unilever's valuation droppe
TCS and Infosys have also announced plans to hire more freshers in the next financial year
While underlying growth continued to be weak in the quarter for most of the top players, what is giving confidence is the commentary that discretionary expenditure is coming back
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He talks about why this quarterly decline is not indicative of a slowdown in demand, and how TCS is positioning itself as an AI-first organisation
Tapering off in the BSNL deal expected over the next few quarters will aid TCS to expand profit margin, a senior company official has said. The country's largest software exporter is also looking at creating a capacity of over 25,000 seats in Bengaluru over the long term on a land parcel acquired recently, Chief Financial Officer Samir Seksaria told PTI here. "The same program (BSNL) as it tapers down at a portfolio level, at an overall level, there would be a benefit which would come in (on margins)," Seksaria said replying a specific question on the impact of BSNL deal's tapering down on margins. He, however, declined to share a number on the positive impact on the operating profit front. For the December quarter, it reported operating profit margin at 24.5 per cent for December quarter and made it clear that it aims to expand on it. Seksaria added that there would be a tapering down in the BSNL contract till the September quarter of FY26. It can be noted that the over Rs ...
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