"Today I am signing an executive order to ensure that the federal government lives by a very simple rule. Hire American," Trump said.
Thus far in the month of July, the Nifty IT index has outperformed the market by surging 19 per cent as against Nifty 50 index which was up 8.25 per cent during the same period
Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies and Larsen & Toubro Infotech from the BSE IT index hit their respective record highs today
Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro Infotech and Dr Lal Pathlabs from S&P BSE500 index hit record highs today.
TCS on Tuesday said its board will meet on July 9 to approve the financial results for the June quarter.
In fact, Accenture's 6 per cent growth in new order bookings was also led by outsourcing contracts, and it also raised its lower-end revenue growth guidance
The S&P BSE Information Technology index ended over 5 per cent higher at 15,125 levels.
Work-from-home and increased local hiring should help mitigate its impact
"We're going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on the visas," Donald Trump said on Saturday.
Fewer deals wins, delay in ramping up of existing deals and likely price cuts are key worries expected on the back of subdued demand, thanks to the disruption in the global economy
Scaling up of new deals and lowering costs are imperative for the up to 33 per cent gains in share prices to sustain
Sectorally, IT stocks took the biggest knock as the Nifty IT index declined 3.5 per cent to 13,293.70 levels. Nifty Bank lost 566 points or nearly 3 per cent to 19,068.50 levels
Infosys was trading nearly 4 per cent lower at Rs 614.75 while Tech Mahindra was down over 3 per cent
In the past one week, shares of most IT companies have slipped amid rapid spread of coronavirus. Tata Elxsi, Mindtree, HCL Technologies, and Wipro have plunged in the range of 6-8 per cent.
Among the Asian economies, the ensuing decline in trade and tourism could impact Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Korea the most - in that order, and Indonesia and India the least
The other factor which aided gains in IT stocks was the "defensive" nature of the sector.
In the last three months, the IT index has delivered returns of 11.44 per cent, whereas the Nifty Pharma has delivered returns of 7.3 per cent
The Nifty IT index was trading 1.84 per cent higher as compared 0.3 per cent dip in the benchmark Nifty50 index
According to the report, firms such as TCS, HCL Tech, Infosys, Cyient, and L&T Technology Services have direct exposure to Boeing or its suppliers' ecosystem
For the recently-concluded September quarter, large-cap IT services firms delivered a mixed performance.