Infosys hit a new high of Rs 737, up 3% (adjusted to bonus issue) on the BSE after the shares of country's second largest IT services company turned ex-bonus in the ratio of 1:1.
The stock was up 1% to Rs 1,397 on the BSE in early morning trade after the Infosys fixed September 5, 2018 as record date for the purpose of allotment of bonus shares / stock dividend.
This is a part of the company's effort to boost innovation in this key market apart from driving localisation
The exit, which was announced on Saturday, triggered a knee-jerk reaction in the stock that slipped around 4 per cent in intra-day trade once the markets opened for trade on Monday to Rs 1,373 levels
The stock was trading 2% lower at Rs 1,401, recovered from its early morning low of Rs 1,374 on the BSE.
M D Ranganath's departure an irreparable loss for Infosys at such a critical juncture, says founder Narayana Murthy
The company's board will immediately commence the search for the next CFO, Infosys said
The Bengaluru-based IT major announced the commencement of work for building a software development centre with an initial investment of Rs 1 billion without any kind of tax sops from the government
The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated 27.5 acres of land for this upcoming project
In Australia, Infosys built its own data centre in Melbourne to host the software, and is offering the banking client Finacle as a service
Infosys has been increasing local hirings in key markets like the US to tackle increasing scrutiny around work visas by various governments
The Bengaluru-headquartered firm also said that it was witnessing faster rise of wages in India amid competitive pressure
Panaya was the first buy under then CEO Vishal Sikka
Infosys added 17,709 professionals during the first quarter on the gross basis, he said adding at the end of first quarter it had 209,905 employees
Infosys hit a new high of Rs 1,384, up 6%, bouncing back 7.5% from its early morning low of Rs 1,288 on the BSE.
The subcontracting costs of the company in the quarter stood at Rs 12.9 billion, a growth of 17 per cent over the previous quarter
Company says confident of containing this with 'specific interventions'
Operational efficiencies and rupee depreciation benefits likely to be offset by wage hikes
Company to come out with first quarter results today, three days after TCS posted better-than-expected numbers on all fronts
Infosys ended 4.5% lower at Rs 1,284.50, its sharpest single day fall since August 21, 2017.