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The new logo of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBANGALORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to open on a slightly muted note on Monday, with a focus on the global interest rate outlook after a more than 3% rally so far this month. The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) gained 1.58% last week, its best in two months, while the Sensex rose 1.37%. "Market is expected to continue its upward movement driven, by robust macro data and diminishing global concerns," SMC Global Securities said in a note. In global markets, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) edged up 0.3%, with investors awaiting minutes of the Fed's last meeting.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Nifty, Sohini Goswami Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, NSE, U.S . Federal, SMC Global Securities, India's Tata Consultancy Services, United, United States Food, Drug Administration, CFM Mozambique, General Tax Authority, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Rights BANGALORE, Asia, Pacific, Japan, United States, Qatar, Bengaluru
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS), Infosys (INFY.NS) and HCLTech (HCLT.NS) have seen employee headcount reducing in the second quarter as they reported weak results. Infosys added over 83,000 employees in the last two fiscal years, while TCS' employee headcount surged by over 120,000 and HCL added about 57,000. In contrast, Infosys' net employee headcount has fallen by 14,470 in the first half of this year and HCLTech's by about 4,800. "In a way we hired ahead of demand predicted ... with that slowing down this year, our employee utilization fell. Infosys is targeting 84%-85% in employee utilization from the current 81.8%, Roy said.
Persons: Vivek Prakash, Phil Fersht, headcount, Nilanjan Roy, Roy, Nivedita Organizations: Infosys, Electronics City IT, REUTERS, Rights, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, Analysts, TCS, Sethuraman, Navamya, Thomson Locations: Bangalore, Indian, U.S, Bengaluru
India's Infosys cuts top end of FY revenue outlook
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sethuraman N R | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The No.2 Indian software-services exporter said it now sees full-year revenue growth at 1%-2.5% on a constant currency basis, versus a prior view of 1%-3.5%. Consolidated net profit at Infosys rose to 62.12 billion rupees ($746.46 million) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, from 60.21 billion rupees a year ago. Analysts had expected a profit of 62.95 billion rupees, as per LSEG IBES data. Last month, leading global IT services provider Accenture forecast full-year earnings and first-quarter revenue below Wall Street targets. Large deal signing for Infosys jumped nearly three-fold from the year-ago period to $7.7 billion in the quarter.
Persons: Vivek Prakash, Peter Bendor, Indranil Sarkar, Nivedita Organizations: Infosys, Electronics City IT, REUTERS, Rights, Tata Consultancy Services, Everest Group, Reuters, Consolidated, Accenture, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: Bangalore, U.S, Mumbai, Bengaluru
Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of Tata Consultanct Services logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. The company also approved share buyback worth 170 billion Indian rupees ($2.04 billion). Net profit rose 8.7% to 113.42 billion Indian rupees ($1.36 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30 from 104.31 billion rupees a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had expected a profit of 113.17 billion rupees, according to LSEG data. TCS said its order book for the July-September period stood at $11.2 billion - higher than the $8.1 billion worth of deals it signed a year ago.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Janane Organizations: Tata Consultanct Services, REUTERS, Rights, Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: U.S, Europe, Bengaluru
Adani Ports is closely monitoring the conflict in Israel and is prepared with a business continuity plan, the company said in a statement. Haifa's contribution to Adani Ports' numbers is "relatively small" at 3% of the total cargo volume, the statement added. Shares of Adani Ports are down 2.1% this year, compared with nearly 8% gains in the broader Nifty 50 index (.NSEI). "The next couple of months are going to be volatile for Adani Ports as the war has just started and will trade with a negative bias ... Earlier in the year, Adani Ports completed the sale of its port in sanction-hit Myanmar for $30 million, significantly lower than its investment in the project.
Persons: Gautam Adani's, Adani, Avinash Gorakshakar, Indranil Sarkar, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Hamas, Saturday, Ports, Profitmart Securities, Adani Ports, Adani Group, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Israel, South Israel, Haifa, Haifa Port, Iran, Myanmar, Bengaluru
REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Indian shares struggled to add to initial gains on Thursday as weakness in global equities markets over fears of higher interest rates and surging crude prices weighed. "Despite the correction, India has still outperformed the global markets.. But, we are also seeing many emerging risks like higher crude prices and depreciation in rupee," said Samrat Dasgupta, chief executive at Esquire Capital Investment Advisors. Crude prices, which rose 3% overnight will hurt India, the world's third-largest importer, which is also reeling under lower-than-expected monsoon rains, triggering inflation risks. Among sectoral indexes, information technology stocks (.NIFTYIT) fell 0.8%, metals (.NIFTYMET) gained 0.6%, while the public sector banks (.NIFTYPSU) climbed 0.9%.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Samrat Dasgupta, Esquire's Dasgupta, Sohini Goswami, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, BSE, Esquire Capital Investment Advisors, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Oil India, ICICI Lombard, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Bengaluru
The new logo of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2023. India's GIFT Nifty (.GIFc1) was up 0.25% to 19,692 points at 7:53 a.m. IST on the NSE International Exchange. Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 index recorded its worst week since February. Domestic markets have come under pressure in September with foreign investors offloading over $1 billion worth of shares as of Sept. 21. Foreign institutional investors (FII) sold shares worth 13.27 billion rupees on a net basis on Friday, while domestic investors bought 8.01 billion rupees, as per provisional stock exchange data.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Abbott, Ajith, Sohini Goswami Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, NSE, Exchange, BSE, Delta Corp, Bajaj Finance, Abbott India, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, India's Goa, Bengaluru
A man walks past the new logo of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2023. Already, foreign investors have been net sellers so far this month, offloading shares worth $996.2 million as of Sept. 20. Foreign institutional investors (FII) sold shares worth 31.11 billion rupees ($375.2 million), on a net basis, on Wednesday and 30.07 billion rupees worth on Thursday, according to stock exchange data. Domestic investors, meanwhile sold shares worth 5.73 billion rupees on Wednesday but bought shares worth 11.58 billion rupees on Thursday, the data showed. Meanwhile, Indian government bonds will be included in JPMorgan's widely tracked emerging market debt index from June 2024, the Wall Street bank said on Friday.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Dalal, Aparna Iyer, Raja, Tesla, Archishma Iyer, Anisha Ajith, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, NSE, Exchange, BSE, Federal Reserve, Wipro, LG Energy, Exide Industries, Power Systems, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Sciences, Glenmark Pharma, Teck Resources, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, U.S, Asia, Pacific, Japan, Teck
The new logo of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2023. Both the indexes fell for a third straight session on Thursday, losing as much as 1%. The Fed on Wednesday held key interest rates unchanged as widely expected, but warned that the battle against inflation was far from over. Higher interest rates dry up liquidity from the markets, increasing the cost of capital. The small-cap and mid-cap stocks fell 1.3% and 0.9% on Thursday, respectively.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Siddhartha Khemka, Janane Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Federal Reserve, BSE, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Fed, . Banking, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Bengaluru
Likely corporate dollar inflows related to an Indian conglomerate was the major driver for the rupee's move, traders and analysts said. There are possibilities of central bank intervention given that it has previously bought dollars in the 81.85-81.90 range, said Dilip Parmar, research analyst at HDFC Securities. The appreciation in the rupee is also on the moderate side given the rise in the dollar index, Parmar said. The dollar inflows into equities have also been helping the rupee, traders added. The dollar index , on the other hand, has recovered from 15-month lows hit last week and was up 0.2% on Monday.
Persons: Dilip Parmar, Parmar, India's, Avni Jain, Sonia Cheema Organizations: U.S ., HDFC Securities, Reserve Bank of India, U.S . Federal, European Central Bank, Bank of, FX, HDFC Bank, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru
REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File PhotoBENGALURU, July 20 (Reuters) - Jio Financial Services (JFS) has been valued at around $20 billion after its stock price was set at a much higher-than-expected 261.85 rupees ($3.19) in its demerger from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RELI.NS). At a $20 billion valuation, Jio Financial would be one of the top 40 Indian companies by market capitalisation, in a list headed by Reliance at $233 billion. The price was determined as 261.85 rupees, or the difference between 2,841.85 rupees, Reliance's closing price on Wednesday, and 2,580 rupees, its price at the end of the special session. JFS's stock price is higher than analysts' estimate of 160 rupees to 190 rupees. Reliance Strategic Investments, the unit to be renamed JFS, late on Wednesday reported a net profit after tax of 1.45 billion rupees ($17.7 million) for April-June based on revenue of 2.15 billion rupees.
Persons: Anushree, Mukesh, Chokkalingam, JFS, Ira Dugal, Savio Shetty, Savio D'Souza, Jamie Freed Organizations: Mobile, REUTERS, Jio Financial, Reliance Industries, Reliance, Macquarie Research, AAA, Reliance Strategic Investments, Thomson Locations: Pragati, New Delhi, India, BENGALURU
BENGALURU, July 20 (Reuters) - Infosys (INFY.NS), India's second-largest IT services firm by revenue, halved its full-year revenue forecast on Thursday and posted a first-quarter profit that missed estimates as clients cut back spending in a cloudy economic environment. Infosys' U.S.-listed shares fell nearly 7% in pre-market trading after the company cut its full-year revenue growth of 1%-3.5% on a constant currency basis from 4%-7% previously. There are some discretionary spending cuts from clients in the short-term and overall decision-making has slowed down, CEO Salil Parekh said in a media conference. Consolidated net profit rose 10.9% to 59.45 billion rupees ($725.5 million) in the three months to June 30, missing analysts' view of 61.41 billion rupees as per Refinitiv IBES. Businesses are cutting back spending on discretionary IT projects amid steep inflation that stoked interest rates.
Persons: Salil Parekh, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Infosys, U.S, Consolidated, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru
Speaking at the Adani Enterprises' annual general meeting, Adani said the Hindenburg short-seller report was a "deliberate and malicious attempt aimed at damaging our reputation and generating profits through a short-term drive-down of our stock prices." "While the Securities and Exchange Board of India is still to submit its report, we remain confident of our governance and disclosure standards," billionaire Adani said. The short-seller report had also forced Adani Enterprises to shelve its key $2.5 billion share sale in February. Adani Enterprises shares climbed over 4% on Tuesday, while Adani Transmission (ADAI.NS) and Adani Green Energy (ADNA.NS) rose 4.7% and 5.7%, respectively. He also added that Adani Ports (APSE.NS), in the next 12-24 months, will commission India's largest transshipment hub.
Persons: Gautam Adani, Adani, Chris Thomas, Nallur, Savio D'Souza, Nivedita Organizations: U.S, Adani Enterprises, Securities and Exchange Board, Green Energy, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Bengaluru
Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee will open at around 81.93-81.96 to the U.S. dollar, compared with its spot close of 82.1750 in the previous session. Meanwhile, the dollar index hit a five-week low on Thursday and saw its worst one-day session since March 13 after a hawkish European Central Bank (ECB) signalled more rate hikes. The rupee should see some appreciation on Friday, which should also benefit from the yuan's move, a trader with foreign bank said. The rupee has gained about 0.35% so far this week, benefiting from likely corporate dollar inflows. 14** NSDL data shows foreign investors sold a net $2.5mln worth of Indian bonds on Jun.
Persons: Srinivas Puni Organizations: U.S . Federal, U.S ., European Central Bank, QuantArt, Brent, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru
There are pockets of optimism elsewhere in the services sector - especially in accounting, where there is a surge in hiring. NLB sees a 20-25% drop in IT employee additions in the first half of the current financial year, while TeamLease Digital expects a 40% decrease for the entire year. Nasscom declined comment on the hiring slowdown. That has "surely left applicants concerned about future prospects", said staffing firm Xpheno's co-founder Kamal Karanth, who highlighted how current hiring activity was "under a third of what was recorded in the buoyant peak". Pai highlighted sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, specialised manufacturing, medicine, law, chartered accounting and other services as more viable options.
Persons: Rohit Azad, Azad, Rishad Premji, Sakshi Gupta, Sachin Alug, NLB, Nilanjan Roy, Nasscom, Gautam, Xpheno's, Kamal Karanth, LTIMindtree, Karanth, Siana, Siddharth Pai, Pai, Dhanya Skariachan, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: New, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Wipro, HDFC, Apple, Citigroup, American Express, Europe's Credit Suisse, UBS, NLB Services, TeamLease, IT, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Reuters Graphics, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Punjab
MUMBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee saw its best single-day gain in two months on Thursday, and also rose to a two-week high during the session, following strong domestic growth data, which prompted traders to square off long dollar positions. On Thursday, the rupee rose 0.38%, to mark its best day since April 5. Consistent flows into equities coupled with strong economic data is supporting the rupee, said Dilip Parmar, a research analyst at HDFC Securities. Adding to strong growth numbers, India's factory output expanded at the quickest pace since October 2020 in May, thanks to strong demand and output, a private survey showed. The string of positives for the rupee has prompted USD/INR long positions to lose patience, a sales person at a private bank said.
Persons: Dilip Parmar, Parmar, Sonia Cheema Organizations: U.S ., HDFC Securities, . Federal Reserve, Fed, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, Mumbai
MUMBAI, May 17 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee hit a more-than-six-week low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, in line with the decline in other Asian currencies that tracked the fall in the Chinese yuan after weak economic data. The rupee hit 82.4425 against the U.S. dollar, its lowest since April 3, during the session, before recovering to close up 0.21% at 82.38. The weak economic print from China has weighed on Asian currencies, said Dilip Parmar, research analyst at HDFC Securities. Parmar doesn't expect the Reserve Bank of India to intervene at the current levels as other Asian currencies have started depreciating and the dollar index is strengthening. Domestic economic data points like easing inflation and improved external currencies have mostly come in support of the local currency.
MUMBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee fell to a three-week low on Friday and registered its worst week in eight, dragged down by a broader strength in the dollar index. The rupee closed at 82.1625 per U.S. dollar compared with 82.09 in the previous session. "We are seeing a lot of variations in the economic data, notably in the U.S. and across the Eurozone ... So based on the scenario globally, dollar is looking bit more positive," said Arnob Biswas, head FX research at SMC Global Securities. The U.S. dollar edged higher on Friday and was heading for its biggest weekly gain since February, while the dollar index gained nearly 0.8% so far this week.
Adani Group has denied the allegations, saying it complies with all laws and has made necessary disclosures over time. On Monday though, Adani Group said it will pre-pay $1.11 billion of loans on shares. Separately, JPMorgan on Tuesday said the group companies were still eligible for inclusion in the bank's bond indexes. The cumulative losses of Adani group's seven listed companies still stand at $109 billion despite Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSE.NS) also gaining 2.6% on Tuesday and Adani Wilmar (ADAW.NS) adding 5%. Many Adani group companies report results this week.
Spokespeople for SEBI and Adani Group did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Among several allegations, Hindenburg accused Adani Group last week of using offshore tax havens and stock manipulation. On Tuesday, Adani Group mustered support from investors for a $2.5 billion share sale for Adani Enterprises, in what some saw as a stamp of investor confidence at a time of crisis. Reuters Graphics[1/5] Indian billionaire Gautam Adani speaks during an inauguration ceremony after the Adani Group completed the purchase of Haifa Port in Haifa port, Israel January 31, 2023. The U.S. dollar-denominated bonds of Adani Ports maturing in February 2031 led the losses, falling 3.59 cents to 67.58 cents.
BENGALURU, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Indian shares reversed earlier gains to close lower on Wednesday, led by a fall in insurance companies after the country's Union budget proposed to limit tax exemptions for insurance proceeds, while Adani Group shares tumbled. The bluechip Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) closed down 0.26% at 17,616.30, its biggest slide on budget day since a 2.51% fall in 2020. HDFC Life (HDFL.NS), SBI Life Insurance (SBIL.NS), ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co (ICIR.NS), Life Insurance of India (LIFI.NS), General Insurance Corp (GENA.NS) and Max Financial (MAXI.NS) tumbled between 8.5% to 12.5%. Metal stocks (.NIFTYMET) closed down 4.5%, mostly dragged by the slump in Adani Enterprises. ($1 = 81.8680 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran and Nallur Sethuraman in BengaluruOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
BENGALURU, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Indian shares reversed earlier gains to close lower on Wednesday, led by a fall in insurance companies after the country's Union budget proposed to limit tax exemptions for insurance proceeds, while Adani Group shares tumbled. This was the worst budget day performance by Nifty 50 (.NSEI) in three years, since the 2.51% fall in 2020. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsMeanwhile, Indian bond yields dropped after the government announced gross borrowing at 15.43 trillion rupees ($188.75 billion) for the next financial year. A Reuters poll had pegged gross borrowing at 16 trillion rupees. Indian insurance companies were top losers post budget, with HDFC Life (HDFL.NS), SBI Life Insurance (SBIL.NS), ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co (ICIR.NS), Life Insurance of India (LIFI.NS), General Insurance Corp (GENA.NS) and Max Financial (MAXI.NS) tumbling between 8.5% to 12.5%.
BENGALURU, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Indian carmaker Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) beat analysts' expectations to post a profit for the first time in two years as improving semiconductor chip supplies and rising demand helped its luxury car unit Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) turn profitable. Like others in the sector, Tata Motors and JLR have been struggling to navigate supply chain disruptions and shortages of critical semiconductor components since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The total number of orders reached a record 215,000 units with its three most profitable models - the New Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender - accounting for three-quarters of the order book. [1/5] A member of staff works on the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Solihull, Britain, December 15, 2022. Analysts, on average, had expected a loss of 185.6 million rupees, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
The Indian IT services industry, which enjoyed a pandemic-led boom, is now contending with slower spending or at least delays in decision-making due to growing fears of a global recession. Earlier this week, both Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and HCLTech (HCLT.NS) said European clients were tightening spending. Bengaluru-based Wipro said its fourth-quarter IT services revenue, which accounts for about 98% of overall revenue, could range between a 0.6% sequential drop and a 1% sequential rise, in constant currency terms. Wipro's IT services revenue rose 0.6% sequentially, to $2.80 billion in constant currency terms, in the third quarter, and had jumped 3.1% sequentially in the fourth quarter last year. Still, the company's total order bookings rose 26% year-over-year to $4.3 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31.
Last month, Paytm said it would become free cash flow positive in the next 12-18 months. The buyback plans come as several technology stocks in India face pressure amid a rising interest rate environment and concerns over valuations. Shriram Subramanian, managing director of Bengaluru-based corporate governance advisory firm InGovern Research Services, said Paytm's investors should focus on its long-term fundamentals. "Investors should look at how the company is able to make money from their business, the path to profitability and when will they become profitable rather than focusing on the buyback," Subramanian said. Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman and Akansha Victor; Editing by Aditya Kalra and Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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