As the US President stoked expectations of a corporate tax rate cut and the ensuing rise in corporations’ discretionary spending and IT budget, Indian IT majors are expected to see mid-to high-single-digit growth over the coming quarters, indicating a slower-than-expected recovery, according to brokerage firm CLSA. The brokerage adopted a cautiously optimistic outlook due to…
IT services providers appear to be happy with Donald Trump’s victory, barring concerns about the prospect of stricter H1-B visa regulations. They expect that his policies will increase businesses’ discretionary spending. According to analysts, the United States still has a lot of work to do in under-penetrated industries like banking and healthcare. Spending on IT…
While the India IT services sector’s fiscal first quarter profits showed a wide rebound across all verticals and locations, suggesting stronger fiscal growth than the previous year, the industry continued to enjoy robust deal signings in August. “After recovering in the previous months, the 3M rolling sum of deal signings—a strong lead indicator of deal…
At a time when IT services majors like TCS and Infosys are experiencing negative to sub-1.5% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) growth, the top five listed IT engineering services companies have risen by 1.1-9.8% q-o-q. During the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the average q-o-q revenue increase for IT services firms was -4.9%. In comparison, revenue…
IT giant Wipro, based in Bengaluru, announced on Tuesday that its Rs 12,000 crore share purchase plan will begin on June 22 and end on June 29. The board of the IT behemoth approved a plan in April of this year to purchase up to 26,96,62,921 equity shares from its owners, or 4.91% of its…
During the months of January through March, Wipro’s net profit increased somewhat sequentially by 0.70% to Rs 3,074.5 crore, falling short of the Rs 3,129 crore Bloomberg consensus estimate. The period’s revenues, which were similarly less than the projection of Rs 23,460 crore, were down 0.16% sequentially to Rs 23,190 crore. The board of directors…
Indices trade higher on elegant banking and metal stocks.The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 48,825.43, up 106.91 points, or 0.22%. The Nifty 50 is currently trading at 14,673.25, up 39.10 points or 0.27%. The Nifty Bank was up 1.35% at 32,903.80 and the Mid Cap Index was up 1.77%. SBI Life, UPL, Bajaj Accounting,…
