The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)
Stocks breaching 200-DMA may see aggravated selling pressure in coming sessions.
Upsides for Wipro is least among the three IT majors
TCS is heading towards Rs 4,200 followed by Infosys, which is moving in the direction of Rs 2,100
IT services EBIT margin declined 60 bps QoQ to 17.1 per cent vs. 17.7 per cent last quarter.
The three IT majors - Infosys, TCS and Wipro shall react to the Q3 earnings reported on Wednesday after market hours this morning.
Revenue for the quarter at Rs 20,311 crore was up 29.6 per cent YoY and and 3.3 per cent sequentially
Companies are rushing to campuses in order to mitigate supply-demand imbalance
Consolidated revenue from operations rose 30% to Rs 20,313 cr
The three IT majors are scheduled to report Q3 earnings on Wednesday.
Brokerage firm Jefferies sees EBIT margins of the company declining by 70 basis points to 16.6 per cent from the previous quarter, on the back of salary hikes.
The October-December (Q3) quarter is expected to be another strong quarter for IT companies after strong performance witnessed in Q2FY22.
IT stocks were in demand on hopes of strong Q3 earnings post Accenture performance. 63 Moons has zoomed 117% this month, while stocks like CyberTech, Brightcom and D-Link have soared over 30% so far
Prior to the recent rally, the stock had been an underperformer
The acquisition is expected to strengthen Wipro's capabilities in cloud security and risk management space, ICICI Securities said in a note
MapmyIndia will be making its debut today, and is expected to list at a premium
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court last week dismissed a plea by Bajaj Auto against AAP government's decision to issue 4,261 new permits only to e-autos
In the top-10 list, Infosys and Wipro were the only gainers.
Accenture reported strong revenue in Q1FY22 and upgraded its annual guidance by a massive 700bps as it continues to gain from demand for Cloud transformation.
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