HCL Tech gains over 4% as Q2 net profit jumps
The stock surged to Rs 848.70 on BSE and on NSE it went up by 4 per cent to Rs 848.70.
New Delhi: Shares of HCL Technologies today rose by over 4 per cent after the company reported a 16.7 per cent increase in net profit for the quarter ended
September 2016.
The stock surged 4.1 per cent to Rs 848.70 on BSE. On NSE, it went up by 4 per cent to Rs 848.70. IT services firm HCL Technologies today reported a 16.7
per cent increase in net profit at Rs 2,014 crore for the quarter ended September 2016.
The Noida-based firm had posted a net profit of Rs 1,726 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal, HCL Technologies said in a statement.
Its revenues for the reported quarter were up 14.1 per cent at Rs 11,519 crore, from Rs 10,097 crore in the year-ago period, as per US GAAP accounting norms.
However, on a sequential basis, the company's net profit was lower by 1.6 per cent from Rs 2,047 crore in April-June 2016 while revenue grew 1.6 per cent from Rs 11,336 crore.