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 […]
ET Intelligence Group: Will Indian software companies rise to the challenge posed by new models of artificial intelligence (AI) that are transforming the way business solutions are implemented and delivered to customers? While the jury is still out, one thing is clear: domestic software exporters are far from unprepared. Both large and mid-sized IT companies […]
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 […]
Friday the 13th, a date steeped in superstition and caution, so much so that there is even talk of a tongue-twisting phobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, may send chills through popular Western culture, but seems to have little impact on Dalal Street, where the markets tend to move more on fundamentals than folklore.A closer look at the last […]
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty opened 1% lower on Friday, extending losses for the second straight session, after a deeper sell-off in IT stocks disrupted investor sentiment amid rising fears of AI-induced disruption. The slide also came on Friday the 13th – a date long considered unlucky in the West.Heavyweights Infosys, TCS, HCLTech and Wipro […]
Market veteran Gurmeet Chadha has said that five years ago, it was difficult to imagine that the State Bank of India (SBI) would overtake IT heavyweights such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys in terms of market capitalization. While the Managing Partner and CIO of Complete Circle Consultants stopped short of writing down the […]
If you have been a participant or follower of the stock markets for a decade or more, you know that the past week has been anything but normal. No, it’s not just about the crazy volatility of gold and silver or the fall in the price of bitcoin. What made it exceptionally unusual was the […]
Shares of U.S. software and data services companies were mixed on Thursday after a painful sell-off earlier this week that was triggered by fears that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence tools could upend the sector.Intuit rose 0.6%, while ServiceNow, Salesforce and Microsoft each fell about 2.6%, in contrast to sharp declines earlier in the week. The […]
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 […]
Wipro’s ADRs fell nearly 6% on the New York Stock Exchange after the IT services company reported its December quarter results, with investors reacting to weaker year-on-year earnings growth and subdued deal momentum despite improving margins and strong cash generation.US-listed American Depositary Receipts fell after Wipro posted a 7% year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit […]