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India Inc.’s Earnings Cycle may be approaching an inflection point, with fourth-quarter results expected to point upwards after several quarters of downgrades, said GV Giri, President & Head of Research at IIFL Capital Services.Speaking to ET Now, Giri said the pace of earnings cuts has been steadily slowing over the past few quarters, paving the […]
Shares of major information technology companies came under pressure on February 24, falling as much as 8%, following a sharp decline in IBM among restive investors on Wall Street. The stock fell 13%, its worst single-day drop in 25 years, after AI startup Anthropic said its Claude tool can help streamline COBOL code.COBOL, short for […]
Mumbai: Traders have stepped up their bearish derivatives bets on India’s IT sector to all-time highs in recent times as global AI-related developments have raised questions over the prospects of software exporters and triggered a sharp sense of risk in the sector. While most IT stock futures see their biggest position builds in 2026, bearish […]
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are fleeing India’s tech sector at an alarming rate, unconvinced that software services giants can survive the AI disruption that threatens to erode their business models. FIIs withdrew Rs 10,956 crore from Indian IT stocks in the first two weeks of February after the launch of new models from Claude and […]
The recent partnership between Infosys and US-based AI startup Anthropic has created buzz on the streets, but industry experts are urging investors to separate hype from long-term fundamentals.Speaking to ET Now, Sumit Pokharna of Kotak Securities described the partnership as “a step in the right direction” and “the need of the hour.” He explained: “The […]
Domestic benchmark indices closed sharply lower on Friday due to broad selling, with losses most pronounced in consumer, IT and energy stocks. The Nifty settled at 25,471.10, down 336 points or 1.30%, while the BSE Sensex tumbled 1,048.16 points or 1.25% to end at 82,626.76.After a successive correction, the setup for Nifty has turned relatively […]
After a brutal two-day sell-off that saw Infosys and Wipro ADRs fall as much as 14.5%, Friday’s session brought a much-needed breather. The bargain hunt started at lower levels, leading to a sharp rebound as Infosys rose 4% while Wipro rose 3%, helping both stocks end the week on a much stronger note.A whopping Rs […]
Infosys’ American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) reversed Thursday’s losses on Friday, rising 4% in early trade to hit a day’s high of $14.77, while Wipro’s ADRs rose 2.2% to $2.33 despite selling pressure on the Nasdaq Composite and weak trading in domestic IT stocks for yet another session today.Major indices on Wall Street were trading lower […]
Mumbai: Indian software services shares suffered another selloff on Thursday, with the Nifty IT index falling more than 5% for the second time in less than 10 days, as unexpectedly strong US jobs data for January further fueled existing concerns about AI’s impact on the sector. The NSE’s IT benchmark fell 5.5% to close at […]
The software sector was rocked overnight by what analysts are calling a ‘SaaSpocalypse’ – a sudden and severe sell-off caused by new artificial intelligence tools unveiled by US AI startup Anthropic. This episode has heightened investor fears that AI will no longer just help software companies, but may now replace them. So, first: what exactly […]
