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Six of the top-10 most valued firms together added Rs 2,03,010.73 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services emerging as the biggest gainers, amid an optimistic trend in equities. Last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark jumped 780.45 points or 1.19 per cent. The Sensex on Friday settled at its new all-time closing high of 66,060.90. From the top-10 pack, the market valuation of Reliance Industries jumped Rs 69,990.57 crore to reach Rs 18,53,033.73 crore. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) added Rs 68,168.12 crore taking its valuation to Rs 12,85,058.84 crore. The market valuation of Infosys rallied Rs 39,094.81 crore to Rs 5,91,547.67 crore and that of Bharti Airtel surged Rs 10,272.84 crore to Rs 4,95,116.94 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of ICICI Bank climbed Rs 10,135.42 crore to Rs 6,72,837.72 crore and that of ITC went up by Rs 5,348.97 crore to Rs 5,87,951.43 crore. However, HDFC Bank's valuation fell by Rs 8,695.25 crore
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
The positive from TCS' point of view, which reported flat sales growth QoQ, was the strong order book which topped the $10.2-billion mark
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) climbed almost 3 per cent on Thursday a day after the company reported a 16.83 per cent increase in its June quarter net profit to Rs 11,074 crore. The stock climbed 2.47 per cent to settle at Rs 3,340.65 on the BSE. During the day, it rallied 3.24 per cent to Rs 3,366. It was the biggest gainer among the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty firms. At the NSE, it climbed 2.59 per cent to end at Rs 3,344.50. The company's market valuation jumped Rs 29,437.08 crore to Rs 12,22,361 crore in tandem with rally in the stock. A total of 2.69 lakh shares of the company were traded at the BSE and over 45.85 lakh shares on the NSE during the day. The rally in the stock was instrumental in helping equity markets trade firm. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 164.99 points, or 0.25 per cent, higher at 65,558.89, and the NSE Nifty went up by 29.45 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 19,413.75. The Tata Group company had reported a net profit of Rs 9,478 crore in the year-ago
K Krithivasan, CEO and MD of TCS, shares insights on the business environment, acknowledging that though near-term uncertainty persists, long-term tech story is intact >
'We have not seen too many large deals compared to last quarter. But some of them will be large'
CLOSING BELL ON JULY 13, 2023: The NSE Nifty50 hit a new high of 19,567, before finishing with a modest gain of 29 points on Thursday. Broader indices ended in red.
The country's largest IT services company TCS is expecting some generative artificial intelligence- (AI) based deals in the next two quarters, but their sizes will not be big, its top official said on Thursday. Those deals will not be over USD 1 billion, TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director K Krithivasan told PTI during an interview here. Each organisation will spin out a number of deals, but there may not be a single billion dollar kind of deal in generative AI, Krithivasan said, adding that at present, every organisation is tinkering to assess the possibilities of the new technology. TCS, which on Wednesday announced its intent to train 1 lakh associates on generative AI and working on 50 proofs of concept, is also gearing up for the changes in the landscape, Krithivasan said. The major impact (for) organisations will happen only when they embark on an enterprise-wide programme. As long as they keep doing some use cases here, some use cases there, some pilots here, e
Once the range of Rs 3,380 to Rs 3,350 is conquered, TCS shares are set to hit a new historic peak. HCL Tech, meanwhile, may slip under Rs 1,000 if it fails to hold the 200-DMA
TCS's management maintained that near term demand challenges remain and refrained from giving recovery timelines, implying a slow and gradual recovery ahead.
He also added that the company's retention level will be back to pre-pandemic level by the second half this fiscal year.
Attrition drops to 17.8% from a high of 21% in March quarter
CLOSING BELL ON JULY 12, 2023: Shares of online gaming firms wilted under selling pressure on Wednesday owing to the 28% GST levy. Meanwhile, HDFC signed-off its from the bourses with a 0.6% loss.
TCS Q1FY24 result: The attrition for the first quarter of the current financial year stood at 17.8%
Stocks to watch on July 12, 2023: IT majors TCS and HCL Technologies will report Q1 earnings today, Wednesday.
TCS Q1 result preview: The weakness comes on account of a worsening demand environment, which is leading to cancellation and delay in projects, a longer sales cycle and slower revenue conversion
Tuesday's GST Council meet likely to put out clarification
The company also launched its new Generative AI Enterprise adoption offering for clients, making a bet on the rapidly growing artificial intelligence space
Another three employees were fired for sexual misconduct, taking the total tally to 38