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The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
4 MNCs among top 10 companies with dividend-earning promoters in FY15.
In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with spearheading investor-friendly initiatives, saying it will "enthuse" businesses planning to invest in states.
In dollar terms, TCS' market valuation rose to $84 billion.
First acquisition under Sikka's plan of buying technologies for tomorrow
Gains were led by index heavyweights Reliance Industries and Infosys.
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Morgan Stanley's Asia and Global Emerging Markets Strategy Report downgraded software firms on valuation and earnings concerns.
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.36 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank up 1.39 per cent.
Indian IT companies have been under pressure to return excess cash on their books to shareholders through generous dividends and buybacks
Premji is ranked 13th on Forbes' first ever list of '100 Richest People In Tech', followed by Nadar on the 14th spot.
Another year of strong performance by these export-oriented sectors likely as US economy revives and rupee is expected to be under pressure.
'Cognizant's results indicate that digital related spends can more than offset headwinds in traditional services'
After Infosys, hike in other IT companies also seen in 6-9% range.
Building front-end and stitching it with back-end is a task that IT firms are learning the hard way, finds Raghu Krishnan.
This year, campuses placed most number of students in the first phase compared to past few years.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday plunged almost 4 per cent, wiping out about Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) in investor wealth, after the IT major indicated to analysts that weak India business and lower working days could drag down March quarter growth rate.
The proposed campus will come up on around 125 acres, which the company will acquire from airport authorities, and would house as many as 3,000 employees.
The board expansion comes against the backdrop of an ongoing tussle between the founders and the management over contentious issues such as CEO salary hike, severance package to former employees and corporate governance standards.
In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
As the government faces a difficult choice in keeping up with the rest of the world in AI development while making sure it does not add to unemployment, it has set up a task force to draw up a policy for the accelerated deployment of AI
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
Other than ITC, other laggards include PowerGrid, Infosys, M&M, NTPC, SBI, HDFC, Kotak Bank, HDFC Bank, TCS, Hero MotoCorp, Coal India, ONGC, RIL, Asian Paint, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank.
Slowing growth, stronger rupee and higher local hiring to pull firms down this financial year
Goldman Sachs forecasts real GDP growth to accelerate to 7.9 per cent in FY17 from a projected 7.5 per cent in FY16.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Stock crashes 6.5%; top 5 firms lose Rs 33,883 crore in market cap
Infosys management has guided for a seven per cent growth in FY15.
After taking over scam-hit Satyam, Techn Mahindra has made many structural changes in the latter to turn it around.
Mindtree, eclerx and Hexaware are trading at similar valuations to that of the larger peers.
Infosys forecast a 10.8-12.3 per cent sales growth in the US dollar terms for 2016-17.
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