Over the past week, the BSE Sensex ended on a muted note, showing a marginal gain of 2.25 points at 28,114.56.
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From helping their employees infected with the Covid-19 virus to vaccinating them or supporting the families of those who might have succumbed to the infection, several companies in India are trying to do their bit in this difficult time. Some have even widened their support net to include all stakeholders as well as an extended community. To the families of the employees it lost to Covid-19, Noida-headquartered IT services and consulting company HCL Technologies is, for instance, paying salary for a year, medical insurance for three years and extending support for their children's education for five years.
According to reports, Vodafone NZ had offered all its employees, other than call centre and retail staffers, voluntary severance package
Wipro has already bought a 40 acre plot of land in Greater Noida and is looking for an additional 100 acres.
HCL Technologies Ltd, India's fifth-largest software exporter, reported on Thursday second-quarter consolidated net profit fell 35.9 per cent year-on-year, slightly below market expectations, pushing its shares lower.
For an annual dividend income of Rs 10 lakh or more, the investor will pay a DDT of 10 per cent
Country's third-largest software services firm Wipro has said it has been chosen as the official digital and IT partner for Chelsea Football Club.
IT shares were witness to broad-based selling in early trades as a strengthening rupee indicates lower revenues for these companies.\n\n
There are no major announcements in the Union Budget 2014-15.
The market recovered on Monday due to bargain hunting in tech stocks. \n\n\n\n
In dollar terms, its m-cap rose to $76 billion
The Bombay Stock Exchange has resumed trading after three hours on Thursday.
IT stocks continued their upward sojourn on Thursday from Wednesdays upbeat run after global markets set a strong precedent.
HCL Technologies on Wednesday reported a whopping 194 per cent increase in its net profit to Rs 791.40 crore (Rs 7.914 billion) for the fiscal ended June 30 over the last fiscal.
Geopolitical concerns, earnings sees investors rush to safe haven plays post the Union Budget presentation in July.
Others in the top 10 include Uday Kotak at the 6th place with a wealth of Rs 94,100 crore, Cyrus S Poonawalla at 7th position with Rs 88,800 crore assets, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry at 8th spot with a wealth of Rs 76,800 crore, Shapoor Pallonji at 9th position with a net worth of Rs 76,800 crore and Dilip Shanghvi at 10th slot with Rs 71,500-crore wealth.
75 companies can dole out Rs 1.1 trillion from the 'extra cash' to shareholders.
The current valuation is 38 per cent higher than the 10-year average of 22x and over 50 per cent higher than the 20-year average of around 20x.
The buyback, if successful, will surpass RIL's 2012 share repurchase of Rs 10,400 cr
Tech stocks zoomed in the special trading session on Saturday on huge buying support.
IT stocks have dropped about 3 per cent in the days since the Donald Trump administration took first steps toward visa reform and all of India's highest-profile technology tycoons have seen their net worth eroded. Saritha Rai reports.
Tepid growth in verticals like banking and finance, healthcare, retail and automotive will drag overall IT spends in the current year, reports Debasis Mohapatra.
The share buyback -- which will be the first in the company's 36-year history -- has been a long-standing demand by some of the founders and high-profile former executives, who have been pushing Infosys to return surplus capital to its shareholders.
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TCS is setting up a large BPO operation in Varanasi next year, some staff could be absorbed there
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The strategy of returning cash to shareholders through stock purchases could hinder their digital expansion plans
Converts part of fixed salary component into variable one
The move comes at a time when the traditional software maintenance and support works, once the bread and butter for export-driven IT services business, are slowly drying up.
These firms owe Rs 13 trillion to lenders and account for 55% of all non-financial corporate debt.
After last year's lull, number of offers jump by 15%.
In a circular dated May 20, Sebi had directed the listed companies to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on their capital and financial resources, profitability, liquidity position, assets, and ability to service debt. Instead, companies have spoken about the number of plants, warehouses and distribution centres that have resumed operations; work-from-home and safety measures undertaken for employees; and the labour shortage they are facing.
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In dollar terms, TCS' market valuation rose to $84 billion.
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Nasscom and the Chinese government have given the task of creating a matchmaking platform to Zeta-V, set up in June 2017 in Shanghai by Sujit Chatterjee, former CEO of TCS China, and Rangarajan Vellamore, former CEO of Infosys China.
Morgan Stanley's Asia and Global Emerging Markets Strategy Report downgraded software firms on valuation and earnings concerns.
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